Hi Guy,
Golly, you'll be close to my neck of the woods (and ADI's). If you decide to drop in the Branson/Springfield area let me know I'll buy you a steak dinner
In fact if you visit here I'll even put you up - we have a spare bedroom.
I looked at a lot of tv's and read a ton of stuff on the internet. I went throught this process at least three times and talked myself out of any large screen TV the first two. Finally, with the help of some young fellows at Circuit City I decided on a DLP.
I thought about a couple days and I went to Circuit City to buy a Samsung 50" DLP, but when I got to the store I was really attracted to a 50" Samsung Plasma hanging on the wall and ended up buying it for $2000. It was last years model (1080i), but from what I've read it doesn't have a severe burn in problem and has a lengthy projected life. It is fantastic - and the most exciting thing was discovering that the local PBS station is broadcasting 3 digital channels - two in HD - in addition to it's regular channel. So with my old OTA antenna I get some superb HD reception. I use component video for my dvd player and directv - I have not tried HDMI as I haven't upgraded my DTV to HD. Something to look forward to
The Sony LCD's I looked at where great, but I could notice the pixels and on the plasma I didn't see any. Back at normal viewing distance the pixels are likely not a problem.
In any case, I'm sure you'll be thrilled with the new TV, and I've always been happy with Sony in the past.
John