What external monitor??

I need to come up with the specs for a few edit stations. Need to do both DV and HDV.....so...
For HDV I am thinking a Powermac (be it intel or G5-not installing for a while) with two 23" screens (although perhaps one will be a dell 24" so that we can play back from the HDV camcorder direct)
For DV I would have in the past specified a external monitor to chain to the DV cam or deck and my understanding was that one should use a CRT because they run a different colourspace. Does this still stand now that home televisions are becoming LCD? If we run from dv deck into the video input of the Dell will that do? Dont have the cash for a proper broadcast monitor (or the space really)
I assume that there is no reall need for a HD output card if working HDV? Anything I should consider adding? The G5 would be pretty high spec for motion and things too.
Cheers for all advice!

hear are our findings, they are personal but represent comments from hundreds of clients watching the output from FCP
We have a choice of a number of LCD computer displays from many manufacturers varying in size from 19" to 42" We colour manage the displays using a custom ICC profile.
We do not use LCD displays for the following reasons:
we can only watch the displays for a few minutes at a time due to the distracting effects from the displays
the colour space of an LCD is extremely poor in relation to a CRT and does not produce natural looking colour
pixelation on the image is very noticable and is unacceptable
a cheap CRT TV is much more preferable than looking at a very expensive LCD of any size especially at close viewing
A compromise would be using an LCD or plasma Television as a monitor, but close distance viewing is not recommended and the colour schemes they produce although pleasing are highly processeed by the electronics and can not be relied on.
In the UK, all broadcasters and all the facility houses we deal with ban the use of LCD computer displays for monitoring output video for the above reasons.
It would be interesting to hear other viepoints
regards
G

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