Ten years ago CRTs were exactly in the same position as LCDs now.  A 14" would run you $250, a 15" $350, a 20" $1400 and a 21" $1600.    And for those 20 and 21s, the price could be plus or minus $1000 depending on the manufacturer.  It's only been in the last few years that the big CRT prices have tumbled, and that was when the demand for big monitors was such that the market could support it.

In fact, just looking at resolution and such, LCDs are very much ahead of the curve compared to what CRTs monitors were.  And in speed at which the prices are dropping, clearly ahead as well.

You can look at plasma screens in the same sort of light.  Eight years ago, a 42" plasma would cost you about $18,000 (Canadian).  The other day I was wondering through a Best Buy and the same size screen can be had for $1800.

The CRT is very quickly approaching the same situation as the floppy diskette: hanging on to life even though it's clearly going obsolete.

Not an exaggeration: the last time I saw a CRT monitor review, the best rated monitor was the exact same model that had won the previous two years.  I can't even easily find CRT monitor reviews these days.  For most companies, the only CRTs they make are the really low end under $100 jobbies or the higher end big monitors.  Nothing in between.