>it needs to be better in every way
It only needs to be better in enough ways to persuade enough people to adopt it such that it hits a tipping point and becomes the de facto standard.
It only needs to be better in enough ways to persuade enough people to adopt it such that it hits a tipping point and becomes the de facto standard.
A replacement doesn't have to be better in every single facet.
No.
I take it that you still use a CRT monitor then? After all, modern displays (eg. IPS/VA) aren't better than CRTs in every respect (response time, motion clarity, arbitrary scaling).