I have moved into the 21rst century and recently bought a fancy lcd tv
now that the price point on full HD (1080p) Televisions has gotten
quite reasonable.
I bought this
one: Samsun-LN-S4095D
It's pretty sweet for sure. One issue is that it does not do 1:1
pixel mapping out of the box. It overscan's by about 2% which is a
bit annoying when using it as a monitor as the mouse will disappear
off the edge of the screen. The over scan may cause some graphical artifacts as well, the good people over at http://www.avsforum.com would probably know more.
Hope is not lost though, a new firmware update from Samsung is
available that introduces a viewing mode called 'JustScan' which does
do 1:1 pixel mapping. Just call up 1-800-SAMSUNG (press 4, 1, 1 to
get to the appropriate customer service reps) and explain the problem
with no having 1:1 pixel mapping and they should be able to send a
tech out to upgrade the firmware in your tv.
The TV's power usage can range from fairly high to low depending on
what energy saver setting you have it on. As shown here: