Well, yes. There's also the feature that at large screen sizes, the power needed to run the LCD backlight is not that far off the power needed to run a CRT of the same screen diagonal.
However, the point I was trying to make is that if the buyers see a net perceived benefit to the new technology, it'll be very popular. It is self evident that domestic consumers, in the main, have not been convinced of the net benefit of using CFLs - so government prodding has been needed.
Standard fluorescent lamps have been around for a very long time, and not displaced incandescent in general domestic use - garages, workshops, and oddly enough, kitchens being the exception - so something was deterring people from using them generally. That 'something' is not cost, as people have been quite happily forking out large amounts of money for LCD and plasma TVs, and for new mobile phones each fashion season. Over the period standard fluorescents have been available, homes have sprouted dishwashers, washing machines, microwaves, freezers, and home computers - so it is not as if people are afraid of new technology, or lack the wish to spend money on new things. I don't know the exact reason why people don't want CFLs, and we could all speculate on the possible reasons, but the plain fact is that people (in general) have been staying away from them in droves. It has required government/EU intervention to incentivise people to buy CFLs by restricting the easy availability of incandescents in the form easiest to use.
The money used to encourage the use of CFLs would (in my opinion) have been better spent on encouraging the replacement of electric resistive element space heating with heat pumps, especially in new-builds.
Cheers,
Sid