I "borrowed" the following from one of those shopping sites where the buyers can post there comments. it should clear things up.

- TFT (Thin Film Transistor) and describes the control elements that actively control the individual pixels. TFT screens run digitally so they dont need to do any decoding of signals from your video card wherease CRT use analog signals and since computers run on binary the CRT needs to decode these signals. Naturally some of the information is lost in the process. TFT screens also dont flicker because they're LCD and dont use lasers. This is perfect for long duration of office use (typing,etc). It isn't so good for games and movies as CRT's because CRT's have a greater viewing angle and produce brighter, more accurate colour reproduction. Not enough to explain? Here's more. In the LCD world the optimum resolution stated on the box or catalogue is termed the native resolution which implies that running it at any other resolution may not be a good idea. As we all know various games run at different resolutions and the higher the resolution the sharper the picture. LCD's naturally are crap at this. Wherease CRT's are a bit more flexible. There are other aspects of TFT's that dont make it suitable for gaming but I really cant be arsed. You can always do a bit of research yourself.


- You say the picture quality is better on a CRT than a TFT. That isn't true in most cases. Gaming and movies such as DVD are good for CRT whilst your everyday tasks such as word processing, emails, internet browsing (basically anything that doesn't require a picture to be updated constantly) is better on a TFT.