Joe,

Think about it. 1280 x 768 is the number of pixels, right? That's not very much. If you have a bigger screen monitor the edges of the pixels are going to be more visible to you. It's going to mean more scrolling sideways. If I were you I'd go to someplace like CompUSA and ask someone with some tech savvy to explain how monitors are built when compared to TVs. I bought the monitor I did (see the resolutions above-- a lot bigger than 1280 x 768) because I thought I would watch movies on it, and I do occasionally. And it was great for web design, but it is a heavy sucker.

You can get a high resolution monitor and a receiver to plug into the computer to use it to watch tv (and cable or satellite). That's easily done these days (I have one of those devices to put into Moonglow's computer, as soon as I move the computer table across the room so we don't have to deal with coaxial cable stretched across the room to reach it from the satellite receiver).

I think you'll either end up with a traditional monitor and the computer receiver, or end up with a monitor and a separate big TV. What I think they WON'T recommend is using a TV as a monitor--they won't display as well and they have a noticable "flicker." Here is some information that compares monitors and televisions.



SRS