  A personal selection of noteworthy X-ray results on CVs are presented, with
emphasis on XMM-Newton and Chandra observations. Progressing roughly from
broad-band view to narrow-band, high spectral resolution studies, I summarize:
the energy balance of polars; X-ray confirmation of IPs; eclipses in
non-magnetic CVs; search for magnetism in "non-magnetic" CVs; multi-temperature
plasma emission from the boundary layer; complex absorption in magnetic CVs;
temperature and density diagnostics; and X-ray radial velocity studies.
