What is the panel type? TN, IPS or PVA? If it is TN, you can have a 1920x1200 TN monitor for the same price.
How much is the input-lag. This can be too much on televisions?
It's 16:9, so a 26 inch regular monitor with 16:10 aspect is quite a bit larger vertical for those 4:3 horizontal or vertical games.