HDTV/PC Monitor

Two things. First off CelticWhisper you talked about stretching images. If I'm not mistaken (and I don't think I am, but I could be) the monitor you have will strech them as well, just vertically. If it's giving you fullscreen content then it's 16:10 not 16:9.

Secondly El Ray Fernando, you mention speakers. I don't know what your setup is, but I'm going to assume you have PC speakers. If that's the case all you have to do is buy a simple "Y Adapter" goes from RCA (the red and white for audio) with a stereo miniplug (headphone jack) then buy an extension for the headphone jack part, run that to your mic-in on your PC and you can use the same speakers. This is what I do and it's quite convinient as I can control the level of my games and PC audio separately (which is better than just a straight split signal). This way I can play a game and have my music up, or whatever I want via my computer's volume sliders.

Unless you don't have a TV, and don't want to go with the TV card route PC monitor is the way I would recommend as well. As CW said you get higher resolutions so should you ever get something that supports 1080p you have that option.

The only way that a PC monitor is not the better purchase is if you need it to have a tuner. And for that it's worth considering a TV tuner card for your PC or finding a monitor with one built in.

Jam it back in, in the dark.