When I came to buy my computer I went to a small computer systems shop in my home town and they gave me one very dood peice of advice, that was to buy a good monitor. They told me that if I bought a good quality monitor like the CTX range and looked after it, the monitor would last longer than the computer, and would not need to be replaced. The quality of the picture on my flat screen CTX is brillient and makes the best of DVD veiwing. The screen cost me around £350 I think. The 17 inch monitor is good to look at for long periods without making my eyes go weird. The screen I have noticed has been split into three parts with very faint lines across it, which I am told is pefectly normal. Is it?