These are PC displays / second televisions. 1080P would be great for these uses.

As others have pointed out, 1080P certainly is better than 720P if you sit close enough...

30 inch computer monitors have an aspect ratio of 16:10 not the 16:9 ratio that televisions use.

This could indeed be a great convergence device. Hopefully it will be the standard 16:9 shape and not cost as much as they're saying. (And hopefully those speakers come off!)

A distribution of inexpensive, HD/computer monitor and analog television compatible ATSC tuners sounds like a great idea. I've been using a Sony wide screen computer CRT (GDM-FW900) to display HDTV and it's excellent. With a little manual letterboxing, it has made for a 16:9 picture of around 21.5 inches, which has been great for my bedroom. Unfortunately, I think the FW900 and most of the other Sony computer CRTs have been recently discontinued, but there is certainly a huge installed base of computer CRTs out there along with a variety of current models. (It would be nice if someone were to come out with another wide screen computer CRT.)