CRT is preferred?? yes I can see how that would take up less desk space. Space isn't the issue, the desk is sloped and the stopping wire at the end won't hold an LCD with more than 1/3rd of its foot still on the desk. Hm, I just found a 19" CRT for 150€, half the price of the cheapest 19" LCDs. Samtron 98PDF.
My 19" CRT just broke. Was a damn fine monitor but I guess I got my money's worth since I had it in use for ~7 years. I'm currently using a crappy 17" monitor with a nasty problem with the blue channel which means I can't do any painting (its picture is as bad as TV so my eyes are starting to hurt just looking at it). So…