Well for dyed in the wool geeks like me, (who pride ourselves on our CRT tan :) I have to say that LCD's are not a patch on a decent CRT. They're great if you have limited space, or you want an Apple flat panel to go with the decor :) But for anything more complex than text entry or 2D graphics it's hopeless. Try playing doom or UT on one. Try using one in uneven light conditions, (such as having a South facing window behind you :) They're just hopeless. I've used every large LCD going, the 21" SGI, the 18" Sun Microsystems, and the Apple Cinema. The only one I'd give house room too is the Apple, it's a work of art to look at and it will actually switch to a few other resultions without loss of image quality. That said it costs $3K At home I have a 21" premium flaftscreen CRT, it's perfectly flat, (but sodding huge!) you can buy the same thing today for around $250 from the ghosts of former dot coms. The image quality is superb, if you want one throw the following into google: GDM 5410 later jb