The viewsonic professional CRTs get good reviews. I have an older one that is great. Seems harder and harder to find CRTs these days in the rush to LCD...
What flat screen crt's are recommend that are in the under $500 range?
JC...are you asking about just flat screen or would you also consider a flat panel? If you are including flat panel's then I highly recommend the NEC 1765 LCD flat panel monitor. The problem I kept finding in flat panel monitors was the matte finish on the screen. Granted it is designed to reduce/eliminate glare, however I found the picture quality to be less than a CRT. The NEC 1765 LCD has a glass front which gives the clarity of a crt with the space saving benifit of a flat panel. Retail is close to your bogey of 500.00 US. (549.00).
Regarding the "glare" factor from the glass, I have not found that to be the case. Even with the monitor near a window at sunset. Also excellant resolution. I'm very happy with it.
Additionally the screen can rotate from landscape to portrait for full screen editing of portraits. Excellant detail and editing capability with this monitor.
The Artisan line has been around for a year (more?). I'm surprised LL hasn't talked about these systems before (or maybe they have and I missed it). There was a review of it much earlier this year from outbackphoto.com (yeah, this is it).
LaCie's electronblue (plus BlueEye) provides similar hardware-based calibration.
NEC/Mitsubishi's SpectraView line might be as good as Artisan and 500 dollars cheaper. They offer a 19 inch version, also reasonably priced.
