It's not tough to find a 17-inch CRT these days: Look around; they're everywhere. Better yet, they're relatively cheap. The trouble here is choice. How do you shop a crowded market and commit to just one without regretting your decision? This isn't an issue with Sony's CPD-G220R/L, a trusty and well-performing 17-inch CRT that'll catch your eye and hold your gaze even after you've taken it home.

The CPD-G220R/L's OSD was extremely easy to pick up with one-button access to a main menu of all the standard settings categorized by size/center, geometry, color, convergence, language, and option. Be sure to take note of the option submenu, where you'll find the trusty factory reset feature, a key tool you might just need after toying with geometry settings that let you tilt, slant, and expand your picture for possible skewing. A second joystick style button moves in four directions for easy navigation through menus and submenus, and it doubles as a quick access route to the often-used brightness and contrast controls.