I have an
LG L1710B 17" TFT
It must be over a year old now and has no dead pixels. It now costs about £100 less than it did when I bought it.
The great thing about TFT's, I find, is that you can play dark games like Doom 3 in normal daylight. I have never been able to do that with a CRT, they are just too dim.
I find screen geometry and vibrance of colour is superior on a good TFT.
There are some pretty naf TFT screens out there so you do have to be careful when buying.
The response time of TFT mointors is about to overtake CRTs in a big way.