If you get a good TFT it is as good in image quality as a well-calibrated high end CRT. The only disadvantage is that, at the moment, you pay a lot for a good tft and crt prices have gone down.
The main problem is when you want to do and photoshop work and game. Then it's better perhaps to have a crt. (I don't game)
Dead pixels? Never ever saw one.
Black on my tft is blacker than most crt.
Calibration? What I see is what I print. (98% correct)
viewing angle: I do can move my head normally without having the image change before my eyes.
further advantages:
-less consuming
-less eye-strain, so less tiring
-less place
-no radiation in your face

We have two: a "high end" tft as first one and a cheap one as second. For managers etc the color quality is not important, nor is the viewing angle. I would not change back to crt.