If you find a DLP or LCD-based rear projector that you like, and it's a similar price to the CRT projector, I'd probably prefer the DLP or LCD. The main benefits are you never have to converge the thing or worry about burn-in. The main flaw is you occasionally need to replace the expensive bulb.

Since I own a CRT-based rear projector, I wanted to add one other difference between DLP/LCD projectors and CRT projectors. I agree with what you said, but there's one difference that's important to remember:

At the current time, I haven't yet seen a DLP or LCD based rear projector that has full HD resolution (which is 1920x1080 pixels). Most of them are 1024x768 chips which use image proecessing to squeeze a 1080i high-def image into that rez.

A similar amount of image processing happens on regular-size images, too, since standard TV and even DVDs don't match the 768 lines of those DLP/LCD panels.

The CRT based rear projectors, on the other hand, will actually change the raster scan rate of the CRTs to exactly match the number of lines of the incoming image in the case of a 1080i input. So for high def, you'll simply get a more accurate, less processed picture, with more detail, on a CRT-based projector.

I'm waiting for DLPs and LCDs to do the native 1080i resolution in the consumer price range. Because honestly, I'm sick of the baggage that comes with a CRT-based projector. All the things that were already mentioned: Burn-in, convergence, and needing to color-balance the three guns as they age.