I bougth a cheap Belinea monitor that is easy enough to use. It is the 10 60 75 model. 19". Max resolution is 1600x1200. I aint tried it at that but it runs at 1024x768 @85Hz with no probs and thats really all you need. It sells for £125 from
www.dabs.com. dunno wat it sells for on the continent though.
One word of warning: It is BIG! lol. It would be ok if there is room of the end of the desk for part it it to lean over a bit. Well it depends how big your desk is i suppose lol.
If you are running windows 2000 or XP it is ok cos they come with drivers that work fine with the monitor but as for 98 i dunno. The monitor dont come with drivers. You can download em from the Belinea website though it is only a VERY small file.