Since the pricing is heavily debated on, I'm throwing in my 2 cents worth ... seems to me that the average lifespan of a cheap CRT is nowhere near the lifespan of a cheap LCD. That needs to be taken into account. Also... say you have a 20" CRT on for 12 hours a day for 350 days a year. In about a year's time you might have paid dozens of dollars more than a person using an equal sized LCD in electricity... depending on the price of electricity in your parts of the world (and it's been on the rise globally). Personally I've had a good LCD at home for over two years and wouldn't dream of changing back to CRTs (guess I'm not a "professional" then, but at least I have a crystal clear picture with absolute no flickering and no strain to my eyes). When my SONY CRT at work died I was asked whether I wanted a 19" LCD or a 21" CRT ... was a simple decision for me and I now have room for extra Coca-Cola cans on my desk. Dead pixels? ... quickly becoming an issue of the past. Actually we've already seeing ads stating that any LCD with a dead pixel is switched to a new one. Personally I've never even seen a dead pixel on a LCD screen ... despite the fact that I work in IT and have over two dozen co-workers around me with LCDs. shrugs