Yes, for gaming and watching DVD's a CRT is a must have. Anything else, a good LCD will do. I try watching DVD movies on my Samsung Syncmaster 152T and it does a good job of displaying the movie, but you can see the dark areas and have to adjst the monitor all the way up to see the movie. Ridiculous.
Text is very clear and crisp and shows pictures very well. Gameplay is fast, but blurry compared to CRT. If you play a lot of games, get the CRT. Cheaper and you're getting excellent performance. I need table space to do homework so LCD fits perfectly for me. I'm not a hardcore gamer, but like to play some good games every now and then. I'm thinking about mounting this monitor on the wall to eliminate clutter completely. It came with a wall mounting bracket, anchors, screws, template so that's good.