There are dozens of them. They are called wide-screen televisions. I have two Sony's, a Vizio, 3 Samsung (Not HD) and a couple others that all have VGA inputs as well as Composite Video. Newest ones have HDMI which a DVI port can be connected to using an adapter.

Look for wide screen televisions and check for computer inputs. Don't look for computer monitors with video in. That seems to be backwards for the the marketing types.

Does anybody remember when TVs had lines that scanned horizontally? And took a whole episode of "Bonanza" to leap into life? That they stood so proud of any wall that guard rails were used so the kids didn't smash themselves against the glass bulbous eye? And we toasted crumpets on the heat generated by the valves? Anybody . . anybody . . . ?

I feel so old . . .

Grazie

Bonanza ??

Interesting that a Brit would quote that as an example. ;)

I do note, however, that he did properly reference "valves". That was a good one.

and a good hefty thump to the side stopped horizontal drift, and one to the top vertical roll.....

Most of the Dell monitors have Composite, S-Video and HDMI via DVI inputs. No tuner of course but that's easily added externally or into the PC it's connected to. The advent of the Home Theatre Personal Computer blurs the divide.

Bob.

My 21" Samsung Syncmaster 215tw monitors have speakers at the bottom and have audio, DVI, VGA (HD-15), S-Video, & Component inputs so they can be used as a TV with a cable box and as a computer monitor (there is a source button in front to switch between them).

~jr

Yes indeed! As a child I really liked watching the TV warm up and cool down. I especially liked watching that bright dot at the center of the tube until it finally winked out.

I also liked looking at the box of vacuum tubes my dad kept around, and marveled at the vacuum tube testing machine at the local Thrifty drug store (where you could get a scoop of ice cream for a nickel).

I'm not that old but evidently just old enough to start telling the kids to get off my lawn.

Rob Mack

Bonanza reruns in Europe have outrun the US by about 10 to 1 since it was syndicated in the sixties. I remember watching the first moonwalk in a hotel lobby in Salzburg when a local walked over to the set and nonchalantly changed the channel to guess what -- Bonanza.

In Japan, the Bonanza, Rifleman, and Gunsmoke reruns outstripped the rest of the world by about 100 to 1. Must've been the tight jeans . . .

Meanwhile, my favorite old shows these days are "As Time Goes By", "Keeping Up Appearances", "A Fine Romace", "Allo' Allo'", "Monty Python's Flying Circus", "That 70's Show", and "Dr. Who".

ok, so i had to toss one non-Brit one in there.

I've been using a Samsung T260 HD for the last four months. Great monitor and great TV. Working in Vegas with the 26 inch screen is a pleasure. Just ordered another for my second computer. Inputs include HDMI, VGA, DVI, and Component. At around $330 from CompUSA, hard to beat.

Dave

Funny ....Bonanza....wow that's a while ago.
I always found it funny that a lot of the older T.V.s had the colour, tint correction nobs at the back of the t.v. requiring a team effort to correct it or the the continuous adjust and check - adjust and check method of correction.
God bless technology and it's progression.

L8R

When I was young I lived in Europe (The Netherlands to be specific)
We had one of the first color televisions around 1969 in the country.
All of my neighborhood friends would come over and watch the few shows that were in color. In those days the broadcasts only lasted approx. 4hours from 7:00PM till 11:00PM.
Besides Bonanza, there was another western pretty big in Europe, does anyone remember High Chaparral.
We would turn on the TV, sit and watch the test pattern until 6:59..... ah the good ol' days

Ted

That's what mirrors are for! I remember my first trip to a TV studio when i was about 6 or so. We wandered through the repair department and every test bench had a mirror on the back wall. I asked why, and it was explained that it allowed the repairmen to see the screen while they were making adjustments to the back of the set.

Even at that age i remember thinking it was a very ingenious solution to a very silly problem.