I would have thought a tv could easily be used as a monitor, sounds a bit of a minefield.
Si, I basically want to play video from my hard drive on TV, but your saying I need to save it to a flash drive and go down that route?
No but it's less fucking about and more cost effective. Plus you have full control through the telly, if you use it as a monitor you end up having to control the video on the laptop.
Or you could buy a Macbook and an Apple TV because it's super ace.