Projectors have yet to be effective in long runs... the bulbs burn out so often

15k out of my price range................no shit math for Marines must of really worked for you.

It's a plasma
It's 42"
I dont think I can hook it up to a comp
It's real nice though

LG for a good price

A good Monitor is a LG 32h30. It has low input lag, a S-IPS panel, clear text (which is important for using as a monitor.) HSN just had the 37'' 37h30 model as deal of the day for 579. 96 dollars to deliver it on 6 easy pays. Best buy sells the 32'' for 599. Thats's where I bought mind.

I had a Vizio VLM26? but it over scan and the text was skinny and faded and the colors were horrible. Newegg has the LG 32F11. Nearly identical spec's for 379 but they unsurprisingly sold out. I wouldn't buy any TV to use as a monitor without testing how the text will look.

Shop around. I took my laptop into the store and out of all the models, the LG did text the best followed by Samsung. (They didn't have any sharps I could test.)

If you just want a monitor get the 24'' Dell U24 or the HP2475W. Although you can get a better dell on Dell's in the refurbished section. For the screen real estate and price, plus clear text, I'd go with a 32'' LG.

I wouldn't mess with a plasma. They have issues doing full screens of white. I have no idea why no one ever brings that up. If you open up Google and blow up its nice crisp white window it turns grayish. This makes text bleed and your eyeballs bleed. At least mine did when I owned my Samsung for a week.

Colors you can't beat but it does have issues if there is a lot of white on screen. You can even notice this in the stores if you are looking for it.

Thanks Synergi, I am still shopping around.

These two I am have been looking at tonight:

Samsung for 389
&
Sony for 479

I haven't found any of the LG's you listed Synergi but I am still looking around.

Common someone take a look at the Samsung, thinking about picking it up, CNet has some good stuff to say about it.

It looks good FF. I have no problems with samsungs, I dont know what the over scan on it is going to be and you may have issues like I am with my 32inch LCD and the 1366x768. I still get tearing and other BS with full screen Video. I need to get a freaking 1080p still but I just dont have money for another TV right now.

holy crap, Synergi sighting

Ok bumping this back up.

Panasonic 32"
Opinions? Experiences? AVS forums has a lot of threads on this, mostly positive.

That doesn't sound bad at all. I don't know if it has the 120hz refresh rate or not, but a 1080p television for under $400 is not too shabby. I just bought the LG LH40 32" LCD. It has the 120hz refresh rate for fast motion, and it's great as a monitor too.