Console on PC monitor

riff1

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Okay, so, my TV is about to go out the window and into my mother's house 'cuz she whined enough to cajole me into giving it away to her. I was planning on buying a new TV, prefribly something better than the 20" SDTV I used to own, yet cheap (480p, to be precise), but am still looking into an alternate solution to saving those dollars:

Playing the consoles on my computer monitor. Say I want to do it. What parts and cables to I need to buy, especially to take advantage of the monitor's high resolutions? So if I want to play a 360 on my computer monitor, does that mean that it can use the high resolution pixel-real estate of the monitor, and essentially give me an HD-quality image for free? Do toss out suggestions, links, and helpful advice.

Thanks!