I know this is at least slightly off topic, but I'm hoping some people here will<br>have some good insight / info that they can pass along. In my bedroom I<br>currently have a Samsung 26" 720p LCD TV connected as a frontend. In addition<br>
to the frontend PC, I also have the TV connected to a cable box and a blu-ray<br>player. <br><br>Recently while changing some connections the HDMI port on the TV became loose.<br>It is now to the point where when I try to use the HDMI connection I'll either<br>
get a "no connection" message on the TV or the colors will be messed up. <br>Sometimes I can fiddle with the cable and get it to display OK. But even then,<br>after some time of the picture being OK it will either drop out entirely or the<br>
colors will go bad again. I've tried jerry-rigging the connection to <br>secure it a little but so far nothing has really done the trick. <br><br>So, now I've started looking around for a possible replacement. My question is<br>
do I get another LCD TV, or are the LCD monitors that are out there now as good<br>or better for what I need? I really want to get something capable of FullHD<br>(1080p), especially since I now have the blu-ray player. I'm strongly<br>
considering something with an LED backlight, but I guess that isn't a<br>necessity if I find something that fits my needs without it. With these specs<br>in mind I've seen several Acer, Asus, Viewsonic, etc. 27" LED-LCD 1080p<br>
monitors that consistently get good reviews / ratings in the $250-$350 range,<br>which fits my budget. For LCD TV's I am only seeing a couple of Vizio 26"<br>models with similar specs as the monitors in this same price range.<br>
<br>The only thing that is holding me back from going with a monitor right now is<br>that none of the models that I've looked at so far can be controlled with a<br>remote or have a sleep timer; two functions that I use quite often with my<br>
current Samsung. What else should I be considering that might swing my<br>decision one way or the other, or push me towards a specific brand/model? With<br>the monitors you see all these categories like brightness, contrast ratio,<br>
response time, etc. and the specs sometimes vary wildly between one model and<br>another. <br><div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance,</div><div>John</div><div><br></div>