Hi Daniel,
I have noticed that many websites have incorrectly listed the specifications for the LG, but you got the S-IPS screen with the L2000CP model and all S-IPS screens are 8 Bit, which should be true 16.7 million colors.
You'll notice on most monitors that there will be an extra few letters on the end of the model number, that just specifies the color---some list BK for black, ie. NEC LCD2470WNX-BK
Going by the LG website, there appear to be 4 models of L2000's--- the L2000C, the L2000CM, the L2000CN, and the L2000CP---each of them has a different panel technology, either TN, VA, or S-IPS
http://www.lge.com/products/model/detail/l2000c.jhtml
http://www.lge.com/products/model/detail/l2000cm.jhtml
http://www.lge.com/products/model/detail/l2000cn.jhtml
http://www.lge.com/products/model/detail/l2000cp.jhtml
I too notice huge price differences here in Spain and Germany as well. Lenovo and HP have Top Seller editions of their monitors which sell much cheaper than the "normal version", even though they are exactly the same. I heard somewhere that the normal version is supposedly to be the list price that dealers give to large corporate purchasers so they can negotiate a volume discount, and not go below the bottom line which is the Top Seller Price. Also E-tailers may have limited stock of the Top Seller priced items...