Sharp is shipping their new 45″ professional LCD monitor. It has a full resolution of 1920 x 1080, and at 45″ in size, it’s plently large enough for HDTV viewing. They say it’s a monitor, but I don’t forsee this on many people’s desks. The term “monitor” probably just means that it has no built-in tuner. If you’re like me and use an external PVR anyway, that shouldn’t be a problem.

A cool feature is that if one of the pixels fail, Sharp’s Black TFT/Bright Pixel Elimination feature will make sure it’s not visible. This eliminates one of the most annoying problems with LCD displays.

While not really targetted for home use, that doesn’t mean it can’t be used for such. Just supply $9,595 MSRP.

Audioholics - Sharp Ships PN-455 45-Inch Professional HD LCD Monitor