LCD vs CRT

This monitor used to be $469, but it is now about $500. I bought one for a customer and quite frankly, is one of the best flat panels I've seen, despite not being a "big brand".

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=24-112-146&depa=1

The response time is 25ms, which isn't great, but good. The picture quality is what is impressive with this one though.

JULIO and RICK - hs-93 looks to be a nice piece of kit and is competitively priced but in all honesty, I don't see the point in purchasing a brand new radeon 9800 then compromising its performance by buying an expensive monitor which exhibits smearing so I'm definitely on the lookout for a model which has a response tine of less than 20ms.
Two other points have been bought to my attention concerning lcd monitors-
1 - dead pixels
2 - longivity - apparently, lcd monitors have a much shorter life than conventional monitors - this point is VERY important to me because if I spend £500 on a monitor today and find that in four years time, it has to be consigned to the scrap heap, then that is one massive minus point against purchasing one.
PanicX - thanks for the link, its proved invaluable in honing the list down to either the samsung syncmaster 193d, the prophetview 920 pro and the hitachi cml174sxw.

I believe that Hercules have stopped production of the 920 Pro so I'd be surprised if you manage to get your hands on one now. I was looking at that monitor to begin with but because of the supply problems I ended up going for the Hyundai Q17 which uses the same 20ms panel as the Prophet View.

I'm very happy with is so far. The Samsung 172T I had before this with 25ms response suffered quite obvious smearing/ghosting but with this I am happy to retire my CRT. I believe there are new OLED monitors on the horizon with 12ms response screens. If your thinking of switching I'd maybe hold out to see what these are like.

There is a nice new samsung lcd out now, which has a responce time of 12ms. which is great. sorry i cant remember the model of it.

with your dead pixels you have to check the warranty of each lcd you look at, as they differ from one to another. i think sony has the best warranties at the moment.

the only life problem you may get with an lcd is the backlight dying, i have no idea how much these are but you can probably be sure they are cheaper then a new monitor.....

other then that as long as you dont leave a single image on the screen too long you should be fine.

Dead pixels aren't anything to worry about.

It may seem like Witch Doctor Medicine®, but I haven't seen a dead pixel yet I haven't been able to massage out. That's right.. massage.

If you rub around the dead pixel for a few minutes, it will fix the pixel. The science of it? Not quite sure. But I grabbed this tip off the net and its worked 100% of the time for me.

TomsHardware just posted a new review between 12ms LCD's.

dont pay any attention to the price, eyeball the quality of the picture yourself because some of the cheaper ones have a better picture that the high end ones