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Oh, hey! Did I mention that the LCD monitor that I ordered on the 21st arrived today? No? Well, it did, and I'm quite pleased with it. So far I've seen no dead pixels, despite staring at close range with a variety of things being displayed, and as expected, it's got a slightly larger viewing area than the 17" CRT which is now sitting on the floor in front of my closet. The main benefit of this thing is that I can set it a good 6 inches farther back on my table, thus actually being at a comfortable range given where I sit because of the furniture in my room. And it's pretty and black and stuff. So yeah. If anyone else is thinking of buying an LCD panel, I can probably recommend the Planar PE170 (that'd be the 17" model - 15" is PE150) and the vendor Tiger Direct. (Less than a week is fairly impressive shipping from Florida.) Ease of use - I plugged it in and it worked. There is a driver/docs CD which I have yet to look at to see if it will improve anything, but it obviously isn't essential for acceptable operation.