I do not know about the quality but I have seen some awesome 7" and 8" touch screen monitors on ebay for like ~$200 - with remote!
Check this out
http://cgi.ebay.com/TOP-QUALITY-8-TO...QQcmdZViewItem
And it's in the UK, just like you, so take a walk over to this dude, hand him $200 bucks and walk off with your hot new monitor! ;] lol
- sh00k