The terminal as an external monitor to your laptop without problems. With double screen display has the image with me with 1360x768 resolution of the PC screen, when switching to exclusively external monitor (Windows key + P), the resolution is achieved 1920x1080. Thereby, the image area is enlarged and naturally reduces the Scripture, but is clearly focused and readable. This is very convenient, because you in the spreadsheet more columns and rows has on the screen, or when the photo editing (Photoshop Elements) the image you want to edit is shown significantly larger. In this respect, the monitor even the functionality of some PC programs improved as long as the graphics card with sufficient capacity. Since my PC (Toshiba Tecra) is already 2 years old, which is probably standard today.
Image quality and color reproduction are properly, no flicker, no vignetting. The setting options are mostly self-explanatory.
If you want to use this device as a monitor on the desk, one should also think the same to a suitable easily adjustable stand, because the enclosed feet, I have not at first tried, offers no adjustment options.
About suitability as television everything has been said here already in the existing contributions. Those looking for a monitor that can also still be used as a TV, is well served with this affordable device, so full marks.
