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LCDs versus CRTs
In your cost comparison of monitors, have you considered that not only will the LCD be easier on your eyes, if you use the monitor for 8 hours a day 5 days a week at residential California electric rates (assuming 65 watts for an LCD versus 145 for an average CRT), you'll be saving at least $20/year, or $100 over a 5 year life of a display (seems to be about what they last in my house). So that $600+ becomes $500+ pretty quickly. And if my estimates are conservative (they could be), there might be other ancillary cost savings. If you need color fidelity then there's still no substitute for a good CRT, but then you're not going to be making the comparison based on purchase cost.
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