Well there is two things in the pipeline that may make things easier for lan goers. Forst is better LCDs. My Sony 18.1 inch isn't bad at all with the pixel refresh. All LCDs are not the same, so just like everything else its a matter of finding one that you can stand to use.

The other solution is flat panal CRTs. IBM came up with the design, and gave it to monitor makers. Expect cheeper then existing CRT displays to appear hopefully next year, with slightly more bulk then an LCD.

For a while, my lan gear was a desktop replacement class notebook (the one I had at the meet) with a mini dock holding a Voodoo 3. I would usually use a spare monitor at the persons house, and it worked well (Since at the time, we all worked at Gateway and bought at least one monitor, I grabbed a 27 inch while I was there for cheap).