Ask HN: What monitors are great for coding?

Probably like a lot of HN’ers, I spend 10h+/day in front of the laptop looking at text (coding, email, browsing...). I’d like to make it easier for my eyes and get an external monitor. What should I look for?

Some notes from what I already googled:

* I prefer larger fonts, so I’m aiming for a 27” size

* somebody mentioned “I've found is that I get the least eye strain by using a large (37"+) 1080p TV as a monitor”. What is your experience?

* pivotable display, in order to see more lines of code

* IPS panels seem to be the best, however others mention they aren’t so great for text: “every IPS has the same sparkle effect” (http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1466914)

Thanks and a Happy New Year with great eyesight :-)