I'm  sitting in front of an "old" CRT monitor right now. My netbook is
  connected to it. "Old" means it was built in 2000  or  something  like
  that. The resolution is 1024x768 at 85 Hz.

  What comes to my mind:

     o Four  terminals  of  80x29  characters fit on that screen without
       overlapping. Not bad. I almost forgot how large 1024x768 is -- my
       netbook has a native resolution of 1024x600...

     o Good lord, the colors are amazing!

     o For  some  obscure  reason,  yellow text on blue background looks
       pretty good. As does green text on black background.  I  have  no
       idea  why,  but  it  looks  a lot better than on TFTs. Green is a
       brilliant color here anyway. It's shiny and bright, yet soft.

     o Most notably, midnight command with  its  grey  text  on  a  blue
       background looks good.

     o It's  85  Hz,  that means the mouse is very smooth. I got totally
       used to the 60 Hz of all my TFT monitors... I used to have a  CRT
       with 100 Hz.  :-(

     o There's a lot of jiggling. When I switch to a window with lots of
       bright colors (as opposed to my black terminals), the image  gets
       a  little  smaller.  And  it makes some small noises from time to
       time. Lovely. :-)

     o The blurry text really hurts my  eyes.  Actually,  this  is  what
       makes this monitor a PITA to use (if you're not used to it). It's
       a little better at 800x600 but you're really losing screen estate
       then.

     o Using  xrandr,  it's  so easy to switch resolutions. Now that I'm
       back at a CRT screen, I remember the pain of  fiddling  with  X11
       modelines  and  stuff  like  that.  Today,  I  simply plug-in the
       monitor and I'm ready to go.

     o With the internal screen and WiFi turned off, my netbook runs  at
       4 Watts. Wow.

     o Black  text  on  a white background looks a lot better than on my
       TFT monitors.  I  guess  that's  due  to  the  "built-in"  "anti-
       aliasing"  of  CRT  monitors (i.e., they're blurry). I'm browsing
       through my thesis right now and it looks awesome.

     o I'm now browsing through screenshots from 1996. They, too, look a
       lot  better  than  on  TFT  monitors.  Only  TFTs expose the real
       clunkiness of those old GUIs.  On  a  CRT  monitor,  everything's
       fine.  The  fonts  look  good,  the color schemes don't seem odd.
       Well, okay, the standard X11 background pattern is still ugly.

  If it wasn't for their huge power usage, I might even go back to CRTs.

  *sigh* Nostalgia kicks in.