[clug-talk] Monitor / TV selection thgoughts

[terr at terralogic.net]

I am in the market for either a monitor or a TV and I want a device which will basically do everything.

My biggest interest is a monitor.  I typically run 2048x768 on twin heads but I have cards which can support up to four (4) heads.  I'm running currently about one of the smallest fonts there is and I'm usually in BASH.  In fact I don't really like a GUI.

Next what I would like to do is be able to bring in a TV signal.  

My question is will the current 1080p TV's do the same job as a monitor?

If the specs are as I think they are then the answer should be yes.  1080p should be 1080p regardless if there is a TV tuner and other junk in the thing or not!

What this means is that I should forget a monitor and simply buy a TV which has a rating of 1080p.  Then with this I have the ability to drive the TV from say a VCR tape and I _should_ be able to pick up the outputs and burn it to a DVD and after that if I wish I should be able to read the DVD in the computer and later edit it and the same device works as a monitor.


Am I missing something?

A 27" Viewsonic monitor running 1080p at BestBuy is $370.  They sell a 32" TV with dual HDMI interfaces for about $400.

So why would I want to buy the monitor?