You can't say that they are as good as the flat-panel displays or as sleek but the traditional 19 inches monitors have a large viewable area than the LCD monitors  costing hundreds of dollars more in some cases. You may need a much bigger desk to hold one of these devices but if your choice is the most screen space then you should try a 18 inches CRT computer monitor. We shall present you with ten of the best options, top rated computer monitors.

The first one is the Samsung SyncMaster 957mb being highly recommended for its shap text and vivid graphics at a very reasonable price. It even has an adjustable highlight box that will let you brighten the screen areas. Its price was ranked at $319.

The Phillips 109B43 has the best colors and produces the best realistic and lively images, with a intuitive monitor controls with fine tuning and software for image adjustment. It was recommended also for its manual and its prices are between $200 and $250.

An accurate and vivid photographic imagine provides even the Compaq S9500 with his on screen controls which are easily used to get high marks and without no software for the image adjustment.



The ViewSonic G90f will liven up your photos and enrich them with warm and wonderful colors but the text will appear small for some and many times blurry. This one although has got an adjustment software being ranked at $239.

For users that do a lot of on screen writing or reading the best choice would be the Dell M992 monitor, which displays the text clearly, even the smallest font will be seen crystal like and with a color mapping profile. At $249 this one would be a bargain.

The Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 930SB has the same text features but comes with extra ones such as color adjustment software and toggling to a brighter setting with just one button press. You would find on the market at $340.

Better with graphics than text, would be the Hitachi CM721F that comes with many features like good on screen controls for only $266.

The IBM P97 has realistic colors, rich and very good looking photos, images, making this the ideal graphic application monitor. There are some disadvantages to it for instance its pretty expensive, it was priced at $409, and the user controls are not that intuitive.



And last but definitely not least is the Hansol 920D monitor, which is a very well priced monitor, you can find it on the market at $249, and it is considered the best bargain if you are looking for graphics quality. It displays the text very crisp but sadly, the on screen controls are not that great, being difficult to surf on the internet and it does not have a very helpful manual

If you still are undecided in the case is what is the best rated computer monitor, after reading this article you should go into a store or online and ask around more to be sure that when you are going to buy your monitor, it will be the best choice and it will satisfy you technological needs.