SamTherapy's comments are all true, but it depends on how "serious" you are about your graphics. I am just a "dabbler" and I have no complaints whatsoever about my LCD. I use a Samsung 191T. It has a great aspect ratio, very wide angle-of-view, and I think most importantly, a high (500:1 I believe) contrast ratio. I have used it extensively for just about a year now, and have not experienced any lost/dropped pixels. It cost me around $700 dollars late last October (with some pre-holiday season rebates, promotions, etc. - retail price was $900 at that time). A year later, you should be able to get the same level of monitor for around $500. I love the 19" LCD, it has about the same amount of screen "real estate" as a 21" CRT. For those long posing sessions in front of the computer, an LCD also creates significantly less eyestrain. An LCD does have a "native resolution" and you are pretty much stuck with that resolution. I.e. my 191T has a native resolution of 1280x1024, and if I vary that resolution, I get a noticeably degraded picture. So, if you want to do final renders at a higher resolution than what your LCD is, you'll want that old CRT available at that stage. The comment above concerning color depth is spot on. I find with the LCD I don't quite get the true color until I print a hardcopy or view the render on a CRT, and sometimes a little tweaking/touch up is required. In order to get the best of both worlds, I think an LCD is ideal for the "grunt work" of posing/positioning, etc. and is probably all you need if your just mucking around for fun or creating web-level graphics. But to tweak the final render for somethng better, you'd probably want a trusty old CRT available. - Drew