Ok, so reading above for some help with monitors, I think I've boobed getting a Toshiba 19inch tv instead of a monitor.
Here's the thing. I tend to buy Samsung Syncmaster, for TV and for monitors in the past - very impressed, love them. However, I wanted a small one to go on a bedtable, (a table on wheels that goes over your bed... I've to spend a lot of time lying down after a recent op.) to go with my x51 which I have on my bedside locker, and I don't want one too big as I reckon it might be more unstable?
The reason I went for a TV, was I don't have much room on the wee table for speakers. Tv's have inbuilt speakers, monitors don't.
So, anyhoo... back to the Toshiba. I got it from Amazon, so it could totally go back... it was advertised as High Definition, LED tv, 1366 x 768 screen resolution, 720p (don't know what that means). The colours are beautiful, but text is jagged and small writing is totally unreadable. I spent hours tweaking what could be tweaked, and still not getting the lovely sharp text I get on my Mx15 laptop screen. The Samsung syncmasters come on an oval stand so I'm loathe to go for that, as it might prove more unstable when I'm moving the table.
I've looked at that HP pavilion LED monitor, looks lovely, but no speakers and its a bit big.
Do any of you use televisions as monitors? If so, what resolution or pixels do I need, to be able to see lovely sharp writing?