Why do people buy LCD monitors?

What's so fun about massive ghosting, distorting colors depending on what angle you look at the monitor, a single crappy resolution, dead pixels, etc.?

Why don't people just buy excellent CRTs?

Large LCDs, I think, are much better for hacking on code.

I was blinded in one eye 24 years ago. Eyestrain gets to be a factor as time goes on. My new high contrast LCD enables me to work far longer without a break than did my 22" CRT.