I was at BJ's today and I was looking at the the LCD monitors - can they be used as a TV? They had a few that had HD quality res - like 1028 X 720 or something like that...

Not as easily as you think. You would need to do a Media PC, or get a special card and some other stuff. Aspect ratios are also different....

Joe, you can just get a tv tuner for most of them I love my viewsonic :uhuh:

BestBuy has a External tuner box that accepts cable tv in and pumps it out to the monitor for $99 but then its just a TV. If you want to use it as a monitor also you will need to buy a switch to flip between the 2 or get a tuner card for your PC.

look at the vidio responce time on the lcd if its high You may not want it.

As mentioned you can do it you just need a special video card...get a good one not a basic tv out video card...looks like crap. They are making some computers now just for HighDef display, it is awesome. They do a lot of things...high end video, surround sound, DVD player/burner, awesome gaming on a big screen, a MONSTER DVR that can basically record more stuff then you can possibly watch among other things you that you have 10 boxes to do now.

I have a buddy who has one of these computers that is dedicated just for his big screen. Wireless keyboard/mouse it is really something. IMO eventually these will be built into the TV itself. I think dell actaully makes one box like this. (if not then it is alian)