My first flat panel monitor was a 15" Samsung 150MP TFT Tv/Monitor combo which is 5 years old and works as good as new. In the past year I bought a new 19" Samsung 910MP TFT Tv/Monitor combo which is just beautiful.  I can't even bear to look at a CRT screen for very long anymore. In a hot climate, the less heat alone is worth switching from CRT monitors, but I also find the screen to be easier on my eyes and I love the high contrast and vivid colors of my Samsungs and having my desktop back from even the short neck 19" CRT monitor I once used.  I even have a new 19" Samsung flat panel monitor at work now too and it's wonderful.

My Vaio laptop has one of those new shiny looking wide LCD screens and it's really sharp and clear too but fingerprints show up pretty badly on the screen and they are harder to get clean and streak free.  I prefer the matte surface screens.