I use a 22" NEC CRT, because when I bought it three and a half years ago, affordable LCD's were inacapable of 1600x1200 and higher resolutions.  That is no longer true today. 

I think a PROPERLY SETUP CRT will be superior to an LCD, though if I were to purchase a new monitor, I would go to a store where I could compare LCDs and CRTs side-by-side on the same video signal.  I would also rely on professional magazine and web-site test reports.