TFTs don't have to be more expensive than a CRT.
I've bought a TFT (15 inch) before and the price was about 330 Euros, while in the same store a CRT (also 15 inch) was priced at 340 Euros.
But the TFT was an unknown brand to me (KeyMat) and the TFT went dead in 6 months and got blurry after a few hours (the screen lost focus and text was sometimes hard to read).
Powering down the screen and powering up again made the screen refocus, so everything was pixelperfect again, until a few hours later.
Now I've bought a new TFT (19 inch) in Germany (I live in Belgium) and paid also 330 Euros for it and it's an LG one.
I don't think I can find a CRT (19 inch) for that price.
It doesn't get blurry (even after a whole day) and refresh rate of a pixel is 18 milliseconds, so it is very good for fast graphics and games.
When your TFT gets blurry (fast moving objects fade away) when playing fast games, it just means that the response time is high.
Keep this time as low as you can get (< 25ms).
I've bought a TFT (15 inch) before and the price was about 330 Euros, while in the same store a CRT (also 15 inch) was priced at 340 Euros.
But the TFT was an unknown brand to me (KeyMat) and the TFT went dead in 6 months and got blurry after a few hours (the screen lost focus and text was sometimes hard to read).
Powering down the screen and powering up again made the screen refocus, so everything was pixelperfect again, until a few hours later.
Now I've bought a new TFT (19 inch) in Germany (I live in Belgium) and paid also 330 Euros for it and it's an LG one.
I don't think I can find a CRT (19 inch) for that price.
It doesn't get blurry (even after a whole day) and refresh rate of a pixel is 18 milliseconds, so it is very good for fast graphics and games.
When your TFT gets blurry (fast moving objects fade away) when playing fast games, it just means that the response time is high.
Keep this time as low as you can get (< 25ms).