I have a Viewsonic 19" graphics professional model. This monitor is getting old , I bought it in 99 I think. Until very recently I thought LCD's were bad until I the last gen of 20 and 24 inch widescreens. As far as CRT's I think Viewsonic, Sony, and LaCie Blue are very good monitors.
lifes good gus i am with you on this-unless its a very high end LCD/TFT screen they just dont compete in terms of image quality i have an LG 19" CRT-a pretty good price and very good specs-flat screen had it for about a year or so worth checking them out good luck greg