Again, it boils down to a personal thing. I've had LCD monitors for a few years now, but then I never really had a top of the range CRT

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A Lack of physical space of my desk and the expense has stopped me thus far. I did try and use two CRTs a few years back, but got frustrated with moving my eyes from one screen to another. A minor frustration, I would agree! I also tend to use two computers when I'm editing... one for the mundane and one for purely editing.
But I understand the general concensus is video editing = dual monitors