I find my 20" desktop LCD better in *every* respect than the very high-end Eizo 21" CRT that it displaced. Both were in use at 1600x1200, and the LCD (driven digitally) is much much sharper and brighter than the CRT ever was.

I can use smaller fonts on the LCD (for more lines of code in a window) than on the CRT because everything about the LCD is just *so* crisp!. DVD playback also looks Great! in a window or fullscreen.

And having an extra 24" of work surface back doesn't hurt either!

Face it folks -- the only real downside to LCDs is the price. That's a biggie, but if the prices were the same, would *any* of YOU (not your theoretical imaginary graphic artist friend) actually choose a new CRT over a new LCD of the same size these days?

Not me. Not a chance.

Cheers