Risers or Arms for Cinema Displays?

Hello,
I was recently able to alleviate a ton of neck pain by raising my cinema display (23" older acrylic model) to a greater height, and was wondering if anyone else was using lcd arms or monitor risers successfully with their cinema displays. Since I use Word heavily, I noticed that nearly 90% of the time my eyes are focused on the bottom half of the display, so right now i've got my display propped up on three 12-pack soda can boxes. Outside of Word use, I have to raise my neck a little now to see the entire screen, but its still much better than having to keep your neck pinched at a downward angle.
Browsing the archives for "cinema display risers" or "cinema display arms", I noticed this query:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1102867

There's a few like:
http://www.ergomart.com/AppleCinemaLCDarms/CineCDA2718Details.htm
or
http://www.opentip.com/productinfo.php?productsid=116788
Ain't cheap and it's a very strange looking arrangement what with "those feet" floating off the desktop but it works...

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