Help! My Monitor died!

I apparantly need to replace the monitor for my G4 and can't figure out what will work on it. My husband seems to think that since the original was a VGA, that it needs to be replaced by another VGA. Is it possible that a TFT monitor would work (or whatever you call a flat panel display). Are there any other options available?
We took the original one to the Apple store to be checked out and they couldn't get it to work, so I think it's probably a lost cause. I figure a replacement is necessary, but I don't want to have to put a lot of money into a new one.
G4 Graphics, G4ibook Mac OS 9.0.x

What model Mac do you have? You say you have a VGA port, so your Mac is probably not an MDD or FW800 model. If you are not sure, check here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58418
Or you can type in your serial number on the main Apple Support page, where it says "About your Apple product".
If you have a VGA port then you can surely use any VGA monitor. Is that the only port you have for video? If so, it may be possible to use a DVI or ADC flat panel monitor with an adapter such as this.
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