Joe,

I have two monitors, but I don't use them at the same time. For several years I used a ViewSonic flatscreen A95f.

This is the description from the ViewSonic site:

ViewSonic's A95f PerfectFlat® monitor has it all. A big 19" (18.0" viewable) that delivers a better computing experience with increased productivity and 30% more viewable area per square inch than a typical 17" (16.0" viewable) monitor. PerfectFlat technology gives you an absolute flat screen that provides realistically proportioned edge-to-edge precise images, while reducing ambient light reflection and image distortion that could lead to eye fatigue. A .25 aperture grille pitch and maximum resolution of 1,600x1,200 make this monitor ideal for high performance applications, Internet, and gaming. As with all ViewSonic monitors, the A95f comes with a three-year limited warranty and 24/7 technical support. When you want to do it all, get the monitor that has it all. The A95f PerfectFlat by ViewSonic.

0.25mm aperture grille [at center]
0.27mm aperture grille [at corner]
This ultra-fine aperture grille pitch produces clear, crisp images with rich, vivid color, even at the highest resolutions.

1600x1200 maximum resolution
Displays a maximum resolution of 1600x1200 at 77Hz flicker-free refresh rate for easy-on-the-eyes viewing.
1600x1200 @ 77Hz
1280x1024 @ 89Hz
1152x870 @ 104Hz
1024x768 @ 118Hz

As you can see, it has much higher resolution than what you're dealing with. It looks great, and I bought this specifically for doing web design. It was about $400 and something comparable today probably costs less.

I am not using it right now because it takes up a lot of space and I wanted to rearrange my office. I am using a smaller Dell flat panel LCD screen (1280 x 1024), a reject from when we bought a new computer just over a year ago. It had one pixel that wasn't displaying properly. Dell replaced it and said not to send this one back. So I use it. It doesn't let me look at as many documents simultaneously, but when they're reduced a little I can still see them side by side. When I viewed documents on the highest resolution on the 19' CRT the print was very small. The more detail you fit in the screen, after all, the smaller it all is, even if it is clear.

Yes, to your questions about mousing between the screens. Your computer knows which monitor is on the right and the left (you need a special card to set this dual monitor system up, unless you're using a Mac, which I think is already equipped) and the computer acts like what ever spans the two screens is moving across a small space. I agree, I wouldn't try to watch movies on it. Movies on my big 19" CRT monitor look fabulous; it's the best screen in the house for movies (so far). I got a DVD player with the computer because I knew I'd have the great looking monitor. All of this equipment is about 4 years old.

SRS