how good are tv's as monitors?

[unwashed potato!]

thinking of selling my second monitor as i can get much more then what i paid for it and putting it towards a new tv i am planning on getting and then using the tv as a second monitor until night when i will use it as a standard tv with remote/dvd etc. only concern is that the quality that is displayed when using the tv as a monitor as i would have thought it would be worse and as it will be right next to a nice monitor it may be too obvious.

so can any one help me out with this? wil it be worse? better? noticable etc?

plus how easy is it usually to switch from using the tv as a monitor back to dvd normal tv etc? it is just like changing a channel on a tv?
thanks

 

[unwashed potato!]

If it is a HDTV you are getting then I don't think it will be all that bad as you will get a half decent resolution. I have not tried my TV I may give it a shot for you tomorrow if I can find my VGA lead for my Laptop.

TrUz

that will be great if possible.

the tv will be a hdtv, hoping to spend around £350 though maybe more depending on what i do on a tv that is roughly 26" to 32" in size.