I've had one of these for several months now and was even chided by Homer Jay for my, um, er, Skeptical vision. I can say, without reservation, that this Hitachi burns the pants of any other deal, if you're as lucky as I have been
This is easily the best monitor I have ever owned, and I'd prefer it over *any* flat panel I've seen in the many (I do this for a living) offices that buy the latest and greatest stuff available.
TV looks hi def, is a decent size, movies are infinitably watchable, adding the sound reproduction a computer is capable of it makes one great multimedia package for a desktop, provided you have the space for the average 19" monitor ( this thing has a SMALL footprint for a 21").
Not one person I've directed to this has a problem. Not to say no one ever will, but the compnay has bent over backward in every case cited here to do the right thing.
It's a no-brainer. Go for it.