As I am not a truck driver or courier, I dont purchase my monitors on the basis of its weight.
My vote goes to CRT.
1 have two HP branded 21 inch Sony Trintitron CRT monitors on my desk (yes a big desk)
And still plenty of room for beer, et all!.
These screens are each capable of running up to 2048 x 1600 resolution.
SHOW ME A LCD AT THE SAME SIZE THAT DOES THAT!
Furthemore, they can both run at 1600 x 1200 at 75 hertz, which is good enough for me.
In terms of picture quality, hi res photos look crisper, colours look realistic and contrast far exceeds any LCD I have seen.
Watching movies and playing FPS games, there are NO latency issues that can occur with LCDs, no ghosting, etc.
Also, watching dvds, I can actually see detail in the shadows, rather that just black, on most LCDs.
Before you jump in, yes, I know how to calibrate an LCD.
So I get a total of 3200 x 1600 resolution at 75 hertz for less than $100 dollars.
Pay you $100s more if you want to save on weight or desktop area.
RE eye strain, if you run your CRT at the default 60 hertz, yes you will get eye strain. set the refresh rate to at least 75 hertz.
Also, most CRTs have a focus adjustment, (not normally a user servicable part), if the focus is actually out of alignment.
RE Environmental concerns
Yes a CRT will use more power that MOST LCDs.
However, the gases inside LCDs are considered 16000 times worse that CFCs on the atmoshere.
And isnt it better to recycle a CRT that to buy a new monitor, creating yet more packaging and manufacturing waste?
CRT monitors are definately more reliable. CRTs dont suffer from dead pixels, or from dead inverters. Old CRTs that are more that 10 years old will still usually work.
I have seen hundreds of dead LCDs in the last few years, most of them only 12+1 or so months old.
So, to sum up.
Get your LCD if your parents are paying for it and you need a pretty new item.
If you want accurate colour calibration, sharp images good contrast, reliability and a cheap price, get yourself a (Trintitron) CRT tank.
If you are going to buy a LCD, have a good close look at it before you buy, also check it on a white background for dead pixels.
The dead pixel fault, which is incredibly common, so much so that many LCD manufacturers do not consider it a fault unless the number of dead pixels exceeds some cyptic formula.
CRT manufacturers, when they still existed, would not sell something knowningly faulty, and would cover any genuine fault for the balance of the warranty.
LCD makers decided to go below that bar, and decide to ship out faulty goods after doing their maths... , giving you 7 or 30 days to notice any dead pixels, otherwise too bad. some of them may have improved their warranty policy re dead pixels.
Personally, I would hate to invest hundreds of dollars in a new LCD, only to turn it on a find that its got a big red dot on screen, or find that it develops them durning the warranty, and find out that its not covered....
Also, its almost impossible to damage a CRT, (short of road-testing it, that is). I can't believe the number of damged lcds I have seen that have been scratched, bumped or dropped.
PS I am a computer repair tech, so I spend my day working on a variety of CRT and LCD screens.
Thats my rant....I only joined so I could rant about this.
Hope this helps someone, or annoys someone else!