Michael,

You can't buy a half-decent CRT anymore, they're simply not made. That being said, I put my iMac next to my Diamondtron 19" and there is no comparison. After calibration the validation process even shows my LCD to be much closer to intended color output than the CRT. Granted, the CRT is old, but even next to the Artisans at the paper the LCD was much brighter, and more importantly much sharper. It's amazing how much softer details are on CRTs compared to a DVI-fed LCD.

get the Ultrasharp, they are good screens.