This is basically a rant. right now I'm on my 4th CRT monitor (in 4 years) and like the others its crapping out on me!
Over the same amount of years,I had a CTX 19" go soft image wise got a replacement that was fine,then I upgraded to a LG 915 FT Flatron,the first had geometry problems so they sent me a new replacement model which was out of focus , so I had to repack it and wait for the replacement model for the replacement ,which I`m using to this day (now over 2 years old).
It`s showing some slight signs of going,colour in top left hand corner is slightly out on blue(showing some whiteness,purity controls can`t fix it) and very small part of the screen in near bottom centre is slightly soft on focus(not severe since it`s very slight but if you look carefully you can notice it).
Anyway I`m looking at a Samsung 19" LCD for my next upgrade,it just becoming too much hassle to carry big 19" CRTs up and the stairs ,let alone the hassle of repacking them for RMA etc when things go wrong and worring about geometry problems as well,ironically only Samsung CRT monitors(14" & 15") I have had in the past have been perfect.