I personally prefer LCD's but both CRT and LCD monitors have their negatives.

On a CRT, high resolutions result in lower refresh rates (60hz - flickering effect) and also result in "pixel merging" where each individual pixel will begin to mesh into the other pixels and lose their clarity in the image.

On an LCD monitor, you have no flickering effect at any resolution/refresh rate. However, there is noticeable "ghosting" that doesn't happen on CRT monitors. Also, LCD's look like crap on lower resolutions.




IMO, CRT's are best for low-res, high performance gaming (high refresh rate, no pixel distortion). While LCD's are better for high-res gaming (high image clarity, wider field of view on widescreen 16:10 or 16:9 models)

I value image clarity over high refresh rates, so I like LCD monitors better. To each their own, though.