I would say CRT because I toyed with both. With the crt, you have more options to mess with the display more than a normal tv. The normal tv lacks many options and requires a pc that has tv-out ability. Plus, navigating and browsing with a tv is very difficult because of how blurry the font is. If you have both at your disposal, try both of them out. I am currently using a 27 inch tv and suffer from the lack of sharpness. I went with a tv so I could hook up my ps2 and ps3 without any trouble. I also went with it because it is huge compared to my 17 inch crt. Even though the tv is blurry, games look great on it. I guess it depends on your setup.