Datacolor User to User Support Group.

THis may be OT here, but I suspect many here would have useful
feedback as a lot of monitor calibration issues are here, and I do use
the Colorvision software for this.
I've been eeking out every last minute of use I can from the CRTs
here, and prepping for the inevitable got an economy LCD to break my
teeth on, knowing I can move it to a less critical color computer here
if it falls far short.
But, for the money, it's supposed to be OK, just not a pro. Samsung 214T.

Anyway, the transition to this has not been good, and of course I read
elsewhere LCDs seem to be letting a lot of people down. I'm using
Spyder2Pro, and EyeOne photo and neither seem to really be able to get
this thing in line. I have to say the on screen controls make no sense
whatsoever, so that's a problem all it's own.

Anyway, the biggest problem for critical work is that neutrals
crossover all over the place, particularly in shadows. OF course the
usual, non color managed stuff is way over saturated, etc..
All three of the elderly CRTs here out perform this thing, unless I'm
doing something very wrong.

Can others here tell me- is this usual hard knocks for this
transition? Or is this monitor just not very good? I'm on a budget
like everyone else, and spending over $2k to get performance not quite
as good as my nice big old $900 Mitsubishi is a pretty bitter pill.
Thanks all. John, you can delete this if it's way OT.
Tyler