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> One bit of advice: don't go for a flatpanel unless you know what you are
doing.
> I conseder them a necessary evil on laptops 8). They have only one good
> resolution, are slow to refresh... and for the money you give on a 17" LCD
you
> can get a top of the line 19" CRT (I've paid $520 for a NEC MultySync
FP950
> last spring and I'm very happy).

I second that! Had a 15" flatscreen for the last two years and I wasn't
all that good, would have loved to have a 19".

> That said, I've had nothing but good experiences with NEC and Hitachi
CRTs.

I just got a Hitachi CM772 for my new box overhere and I love it!

We have a third, I use a Hitachi CM751 (19") both at work and at home at
they make the 17" flat screen that the company president had to have look
like a POS.  Not only that but buy.com has the CM771 for $362,  less than
half of what we paid for a flatscreen.

http://www.us.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10246389&loc=14577