Soyo 24" LCD Monitor or 26" LCD TV

aileen, you didn't make it clear in your post - are you planning on hooking this up to a computer or are you planning on hooking it up to a tuner (like a cable/DirecTV box)?

I recently got a Westinghouse 26" monitor for my computer - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824255011

it's got VGA and HDMI (but oddly, no DVI) inputs. for my computer, I use a DVI to HDMI cable and it's a great monitor for what I do. I hooked it up to my DirecTV HD receiver though HDMI and the picture was quite nice, though the speakers suck.