Monitor as kitchen TV - Help me choose!

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I need a TV for my kitchen that I'm remodeling and I've decided to go with ~24" LCD...I can either run a DVR box or straight coax...

I'd like to be able to do true 1080p on it as it will be primarily (99% of the time) a TV.

Here are the three I narrowed it down to:

Samsung T240HD - ~ $300
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001280
This is 1920 x 1200 native so will it be a bad choice to watch HD TV on?

ASUS VH242H - ~ $170
http://www.buy.com/prod/asus-vh242h...loc/101/210447662.html?adid=17070&dcaid=17070

Dell S2409W - ~ $220
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/...etail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=320-7345

Anyone with any experience with any of these or if you just have a helpful opinion...please give me your input...

Also screen shots of your monitor in action (particularly with a TV source) would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you all in advance!
 
I guess my main concern on the three I listed are the quality of each...also with the Samsung will I have black bars on the top and bottom of the screen when watching HDTV since it is 16:10 instead of 16:9?
 
x10 said:
I guess my main concern on the three I listed are the quality of each...also with the Samsung will I have black bars on the top and bottom of the screen when watching HDTV since it is 16:10 instead of 16:9?
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Yes, but you can choose to have the picture take up the entire screen if you choose.
 
x10 said:
I guess my main concern on the three I listed are the quality of each...
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You can't go wrong imo with Asus, Dell, Samsung, LG, etc. Read newegg & professional reviews to get a general idea of the pros/cons of a monitor. There's a chance that any monitor or TV you buy will have dead pixels. If you buy from Newegg, you can't return the monitor (only exchanges), so I would buy from a B&M store.
also with the Samsung will I have black bars on the top and bottom of the screen when watching HDTV since it is 16:10 instead of 16:9?
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Yes, unless you crop or stretch the image.
 
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Samsung T240HD - ~ $300
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This one. It has a lot of input connections so you can hook up any AV stuff you need to it. Plus it has a built in tv tuner. Always helpful since you're using it as a TV. The other models you listed, don't as far as I know.

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vjcsmoke said:
This one. It has a lot of input connections so you can hook up any AV stuff you need to it. Plus it has a built in tv tuner. Always helpful since you're using it as a TV. The other models you listed, don't as far as I know.

You can get it now from Buy.com at $269 plus free shipping.
http://livehotdeals.com/Samsung-T240HD-24-LCD-TV_9708
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LG M237WD and Samsung P2370HD have the same inputs and are 16:9.
 
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