LCD monitors

I'm thinking about buying an LCD monitor (Samsung Syncmaster 173P, to be exact) and am curious about any compatibility issues that may arise from running that in Linux. To my knowledge, X only needs to know the vertical and horizontal sync rates to be able to use it, is this correct? Additionally, this particular monitor configures all its settings (i.e. brightness, contrast) using software only available for Windows. I suppose this could be a problem for Linux. Anyone have any experiences with this LCD? In any case, maybe some of you could recommend another high-end Linux-compatible LCD. Thanks.