CRT's are going out TBH (if noe gone unles you want to pay the money, the BBC were buying them up a few years ago) If you want a "pro" set up then your looking at paying a lot of money.

For the cash I would go for a 24-26 decent monitior over a TV. you can (or a t lest mine) you can still hook it uo as a HDMI , DVI TV anyway.

Have a look for what you need, gaming goes for referesh seed, but as hammer pointed out contrast is a big factor, you need it to sisplay the colours for CGI.