I sent you one of my verbose replies about this direct.  I'll do an short
book report extract from that note below for others who haven't seen Liquid
Crystal Screens (LCD) as Monitors.   Gordon.

G. ***  What I sent Julie Direct. -->
Hi.   It's a Dell Screen that came with the Dell Computer I bought.  (Dell
here advertise in the newspapers and TV, then you have to phone an 800
number and tell them which computer in the advert. you want to get.   I
prefer to see the Real McCoy in a store and talk to a saleperson about e.g.
my sensitivity to Screen Flicker, what I want to use the computer for, and
can I hook up printers, scanners and future inventions for the next 2-4
years...
*** Dell in Canada can sell computers more economically, as they don't have
any Stores, but advertise in Newspapers or at their websites?   And by
running a toll-free Order Desk, they cut the costs of Rental and Real Estate
out of the computer's costs.  G/ continued -->

  So far as I know ALL the DELL Screens are LCD so a flat screen 15 inch
diagonal.  (The advertised package had a 12 inch or less diag. and the girl
on the phone (**correctly) said that 12 inches was too small to be of use
without a magnifying glass to read the text.)   I think they also have 17
inch and possibly larger, and if I do this again I'll likely get the *17
inch size.
  While the 15 is OK and I'm only about 18 inches from where the
screen is on the desk, the larger one would be easier still to read, and
font sizes could then be increased too as I age :-<  and want larger text
than the size I'm using that was standard...   The total screen height is 14
inch, width 13.5, and *depth is *5 inches including the oval base that is
very stable.   I think this one can also be tilted 'back' up to about 20
degrees. (I'm not sure how that would help unless the position was below
where your eyes are, as behind the keyboard.
 On my computer desk, I have a Raised pedestal at the back half of the
desk, so my Printer, Screen (on left) and photo of Jacob and I all fit on
the upper tier.
  The screen plugs into the back of the computer (usb link?) and through
one of those AC to DC converter boxes? to the Power Bar that's behind the
desk. (I think that's what the 2 wires are below the screen that disappear
behind the desk.

  Some places here also sell Wireless links for printers, possibly
screens and scanners so that wires across a room aren't needed, if those
would help. This Printer (so far as I know), has to be Manually turned *on
to print, while Computer-1 had a little Canon Printer that would Auto-On if
I sent a print job to it, and would auto-off after about 4 minutes if it
wasn't used.   I miss that, even though the printer is close here.
My HP printer didn't turn itself on either, but I got it for Win.95. HP
Inks (Black and Colour) were $40. Canada each.   The Dell ones are $29 and
$36 each and seem to last longer--shipping here is 'free' plus taxes.

   Back to the Subject !! :-<   If you can't find screens like these at a
computer store near you, but have Dell Advertisements in your newspapers,
you could order just the *Screen when the Boxing Day sales start up (in
newpapers Dec.26 or perhaps even now), and your husband or son could
probably replace the CRT with the LCD using the USB cable.  The Software to
control the screen came pre-loaded on my computer, but I also got a pack of
CDs,
including the one that controls the screen (below).   I don't know if you
would plug in the screen first and load this (to tell it how the screen
works.. :-< ) or if you load the Software first, then change screens to my
good one.
  On the CD I got (among 6+) one here says Dell E153FP Color Monitor User
Documentation -- Contents HTML User documentation, Drivers (INF, ICM, and
CAT files)...    So your Geek Men there should be able to connect you up by
the time Tea is ready !! :->

   The Colour is Spectacular !! on these.    I also read a UK Astronomy
group, and their Photos of Galaxies, Saturn and Jupiter etc. are Amazing on
this screen.  Easily as good as with my box-sized CRT screen I had on the
Clone I once had.  It still weighs about 20+ pounds but that has to be
mostly circuitry as it's only 2 inches deep (I measured it).  The Base is
deeper than the screen, and 2/3 the width, so it's very neat and tiny to fit
wherever you want it placed for use.
   A website I found that might show Pictures if there isn't a Dell dot US
or ?? address nearby, is at www.dell.ca   I haven't been there, but I *think
that shows Pictures and Prices (Canada Dollars), so you can see how neat
this screen type is.  The site is for all their products, so you'd probably
have to search out
Monitors or Attachments or something to get to the LCD screens. So far as I
know the LCD
ones are the only? type that Dell sell.
 The US Dell address is probably like that above, but with whatever dot xx
would be
used, to give you local Dell Dollars.  (Prices shown usually Include
Shipping by
Purolator or Fed Ex, or especially at Christmas when competition is Highest.
Most of the stuff came next business day or 2 days later than order.)
  If  you get local Adverts. in your Papers Saturdays or Mondays, any Dell
Ad.
there would have the Dell dot xx you could use there, to compare
prices.   I *think they're assembled in India, but many times you can get
these things Cheaper in US dollars (even with conversions)  than we can up
here because we have a 15% Province and Federal Tax on the Screen, and 8%
Federal on the Shipping charges if there are any.  (Most Dell ads. here
emphasize their Free Shipping.)
   They advertise a 24 hour Help Desk and Highest quality service and
support, but I haven't had need to test that in the ~2 years I've had this.
Since everything on the computer worked properly from startup, I didn't need
that.   I guess that's a good sign too.    Gordon.