Too bad you are not in my area (Seattle) as I would sell you 2-3 19" flat screens for a decent price. I really want to go with 3 23" monitors running at 1920x1080 (from memory and that well could be off!). But call it around that res.
One thing I do to help with the crack between the monitors is to try and get thin ones… Then I place the center monitor in front of and overlapping the 2 outboard monitors. This eliminates the crack and half’s the bezel(s) width.
I have not shopped monitors in a while but when I was looking the 23-23.5" ones still listed a decent resolution. So I have yet to be put off by the HD BS gimmick! Sounds like a real crock of …
LB