If your office hasn't bought you a flat-screen monitor yet, put that on your list of demands to discuss during your next review. The space you save and just the sheer coolness make flat-screen monitors a must.

I recently bought my mother a 13-inch Sharp monitor with a built-in TV tuner. It's been a big hit. At the time, the dealer told me that only Sharp had monitor-TV combos. Apparently, that isn't the case.

Still, the Samsung SyncMaster 910MP is a 19-inch ...