Blu-ray doesn't have to be the only material, unless you're talking about movies only. You can always watch youtube 1080p video online .
And of course, the source (ex. movie in a disc) has to be really clear to get better watching satisfaction.
I watch a good DVD-Rip or good DVDs movie without having heavy pixelate on screen, perhaps you should goes for codec like FFDShow or any media player that support good decompress codec that will create good output quality on the screen. Personally I use CCCP + Zoom Player, the quality of DVD is great, just very small video size would eventually blur out (expected) when you watch full screen.

If you don't mind the flimpsy leg, all other factors is good, good design as well.

"ms"? Opps, sorry I mean the monitor's "stand", it's very flimpsy you can drop the monitor if you push side way too hard (well yeah it's very light).

Other than that, 2ms response rate is considered very good.

WOH... now now there, you don't bully Samsung X2370...
Those 2 are on different level, 1 is TN (Samsung X2370) with WLED backlightning and another is IPS with CCFL backlightning (Dell Ultrasharp).
if you're into photo editing (professional) and require ultra color accuracy, I would suggest Dell Ultrasharp, but if you're just normal movie, doesn't need lots of color accuracy, then go for Samsung X2370.

Price wise also lots of different.

Your notebook should be able to detect the monitor maximum resolution and adjust accordingly unless you setup to different resolution.
If your notebook is brand new, I don't think there's any problem displaying 1080p, most notebook nowadays should be able to handle 1080p without any issue.

Color wise according to Anandtech review of G2410H, CCFL can produce better colors while LED is brighter.
If you compare TN CCFL to TN WLED, LED backlight definitely better, IPS panel, different story, IPS always win at colors.
The only thing that makes IPS cheaper is probably the response rate... getting slower...

This post has been edited by wildwestgoh: May 12 2010, 04:45 PM

Your notebook should be able to differentiate the resolution between your laptop display and the external monitor, so no worries over what monitor you going to use.