Production NTSC or Flastscreen Plasma/LCD monitors?

I work in network cable television, where I use a broadcast NTSC monitor at work for color correction and any visual effects work.
But my bosses view all final output on a large (around 42") flatscreen TV. I forgot the make/model.
Now at home, I would like to hook have my Mac's video out fed into a high-quality monitor. I also want a new TV, not my crappy $100 TV from Kmart.
So should I buy myself a separate TV to enjoy cable TV, and then a separate, conventional NTSC monitor for my at-home work?
Is there any reason why, for example, this outrageously expensive Sony broadcast monitor shouldn't be used to enjoy cable TV whenever it wasn't being used to color correct--other than the fact that that much money buys a much larger LCD or Plasma:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=3 27582&is=REG&addedTroughType=categoryNavigation
What reasons are there for not color correcting on one of those larger LCDs or Plasmas? I would guess that the resolution is artificially stretched so it's lower quality ... are they not as capable as displaying as many colors as a conventional NTSC broadcast monitor?
--Tasty

It's important when colour correcting that you have a monitor that allows you to "set it up" to broadcast specs so that you know what your looking at conforms to a standard.
Usually consumer sets, plasma, LCD or tubes, have all kinds of automatic features and filters that can get in the way of doing a proper setup.
If the stuff you are working on at home is just home stuff, then you might be happy with a consumer monitor for CC.
If it's video that will be broadcast, you might consider a better monitor.
Does that Sony have a Blue Gun View? That really helps when setting up to bars.
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