I have a Gateway FHD2400 ($550) sitting right next to my $2,400 EIZO CG241W, and the Gateway monitor is not embarrassed by the EIZO. Neither monitor is "perfect", but both are very good. The EIZO is "more good" than the Gateway, but not four times more "good".
I too thought I would never buy...
If the 20WMGX2 is not in your budget - that's one thing. But if you won't buy it just because it has multimedia stuff you won't use - I think you may be making a big mistake.
I will never use the speaker bar or the tuner. But I will spend thousands of hours enjoying the marvelous screen and...