Saab Dastard,
You should try out a new LCD sometime. They are far sharper and clearer than CRTs these days. After having switched, I won't go back for my personal PC and I hope my company switches soon too. The viewing angles are also very good now for most screens and you definitely shouldn't need to adjust it if you just shift around in your chair.
The blurriness may have come from not running in the native resolution as well. LCDs don't look very good at other resolutions as Mac the Knife pointed out. This can also happen when using analog video input for the LCD. As they are digital, the conversion can reduce image quality a little. Again, this isn't as big a deal anymore, but it still shows up. Using the DVI port on that is on almost all video cards these days will solve this (as long as the LCD has a DVI port as well).