I use my HDTV about 100% of the time as a computer monitor. I'm using a Westinghouse LVM-37W3 37" 1920x1080 direct view LCD. It works great as a monitor. Text is super sharp like with any LCD computer monitor. It has a plethora of ports: 2 DVI ports, an HDMI port, component, composite, and VGA. However, it lacks an HD or SD tuner, so I need a cable box if I want to watch HDTV. I thought about going with a rear projection set for even larger view but clarity of the text suffers compared to direct view.