LCD or TV ?

[Xrtaea]

I'm sorry in case i prove to be the ultimate noob... but i need help with something:
I have a computer and a TV hooked together. I don't have a CRT monitor because i don't have the room for it : the computer is used primarily for games and DVD movies. There are times that i do some extensive work with photoshop as well for fun (image/photo editing) since i am into photography as well...
Lately i begun thinking that maybe i could have room for an LCD-TFT panel. After some research i understood how and why they are worse than CRT's for Photo-work.
My Question is: How does an LCD screen compare to my TV-out? Of course i know that LCD's are better but are they better in terms of contrast and color as well? If the image that i get from an LCD is not worse (in photo-ealism) than the image i get on my TV screen, then i should go get one...
BUT IS IT????
Please Help!

 

[screw3d]

I think it would totally suck to do photoshop on a TV screen - low resolutions, large dot pitch and fixed refresh rate on the TV. Unless you are talking about HD-TV which I have no idea.

I think the only practical use of a TV connected on a computer is for movies - I don't even think games are ok.

An LCD would be wayyyyy better for "image realism", but nothing beats a high-quality CRT for that though.

 

[Xrtaea]

Of course i know that LCD's are 'IN GENERAL' a looot better than TV's. What i was really asking is if they have AT LEAST the same color and contrast range as TV's have. I mean, i know how they (tft) can't compete against crt's in that respect so i just wondered if normal TV's exceed in that as well... I also wondered if there would be any errors when zooming in a photo, since lcd's have the 'scaling' problems...
Reading your reply, i understand that LCD's are better in every respect than TV's, right? I hope you understand the aspects (color/contrast range) that trouble me.
Thank you for your help, please if you have anything more to say i would really appreciate it...
Also, would i have to get an expensive tft screen to be able to work with photoshop getting better results than from tv's? Or even a cheap/descent one ($350) would do???
(remember, i'm not looking for the absolute best... i'm looking for something somewhat better than the photo results i get now)

 

[poppyq]

I think you'd be much better off with any LCD that's made today over using a TV. As long as it's not a first generation LCD

 

[ForsakenMaster]

Originally posted by: poppyq
I think you'd be much better off with any LCD that's made today over using a TV. As long as it's not a first generation LCD

agreed.

 

[Overkast]

Dell's 2001FP LCD monitor may just be the monitor to end all CRT vs. LCD stereotypes!

Maybe...