Thanks Tom. What kind of specs (apart from $) should I look for that would indicate that the LCD TV was at least adequate.
PS. I ordered your FCE HD book from Amazon today. I'll be using it in conjunction with the DVD ROM. I'll master this thing even it means the end on me.
Money is usually a good indicator. Really the only way to test it is to put color bars on it and measure it on hardware scope, see if the luminosity hits the marks on the graticule on ever bar, and the chroma hits the targets on on a vectorscope. Or google the various models and see if there are reliable reviews that may have tested them.