it's great as a computer monitor
As far as a tv though, it is only ok. If you sit right up next to it you really see the pixels and it looks really fuzy, but that is only in full screen mode. The only time I watch it like that is when I am lying in bed about 10 feet away and it looks perfect from there, really bright colors that jump out. What I usually do when I am on the computer is use the PIP. When I do that it looks perfect and crystal clear in the chair. There are 3 different options for the size of the PIP and you can move it to anyway on the screen, also, you can select whatever audio-in you want. So if you want to watch tv in the PIP but have the sound come from the computer, that is possible.
The only thing that was really disappointing about this screen was the auxiliary AV. I have an XBox with the S-Video adapter, so I assumed that since this screen had the S-video in and was digital, it was going to have a good picture....I was wrong. I noticed no different between the analog and s-video options. It's sorta the same as with the tv, if I sit up in my computer chair, it is really unclear because nothing is crisp, but from the bed it is fine. One thing it does have is a pretty good contrast ratio, so games that are really dark play pretty well. I was worried about the refresh time as well, but I haven't had any problems with that.
Over all, I am really happy with this screen especially because it has a remote so I can use it from bed just like a regular tv, which saved me a lot of space in my room. I have it hooked up to my stereo speakers, the speakers that are built-in are not great, as it always is. It does everything I was hoping it would do and that is all I can ask. I got it at
tigerdirect.com for $470 or so, pretty good deal I thought. If you have anymore questions, just e-mail me, hope that helped.
