I would have to say go with the first one, although its has a slightly lower contrast ratio, it has a much nicer response time, and most importantly, it looks a hell of a lot cooler than the second one
I think the only reason the second one is a bit more expensive is because it has built in speakers, which you probably don’t need and will never use [img]smile.gif[/img]
If it were up to me, I would easily go with the first one