My CRT doesn't have as many colors as the LCD I use at work. It says "millions" for both, but I tried to make a Richard Dawkins christmas ornament for another thread here at home on my CRT which turned out fine... until I saw it at work on the LCD. I was missing grays. I
am missing grays right now, on my CRT.
I found while shopping that Samsung and Sony have gorgeous monitors that are capable of handling brights and darks with the best of them.
I like
this one. 24" glossy widescreen, 1920x1200 res, 16.7m colors (pretty standard), 300 cd/m2 brightness (very good), 1000:1 contrast ratio (which is 3000:1 dynamic, very good), 5 ms response time (FAST), and it's nice to look at.