> Well yes, but then you're basically buying an expensive monitor and will need a second device to be the "smarts". If all you want is a TV (as in, connecting

> Well yes, but then you're basically buying an expensive monitor and will need a second device to be the "smarts". If all you want is a TV (as in, connecting to an antenna and tuning to over-the-air channels), you don't need any "smarts". (The main difference between a TV and a monitor is that a TV has a tuner, while a monitor doesn't.)