Buying a New Television

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Speaking of devices, I need more suggestions.

Unless, of course, you all just want to hand the thread off to that Jerry Garcia SOB who stole my thread.

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Kidding. I have heard a handful of useful things so far.

I want the thinnest, biggest, clearest-picture television available for under $2K. It doesn't need to be "pimp," it just needs to be a decent value.

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As has been said, you don't need a 1080 set unless you are getting a very large screen and/or are sitting very close.

If you have a $2k budget, I'd take a serious look at the Pioneer 4280. OneCall has it for $2300; others may be cheaper (but OneCall is exceptionally reliable). Stretch the extra couple of hundred dollars and sacrifice some size - the new generation ("Kuro") from Pioneer simply is in a different league from any other consumer display. Other companies make some very good displays - especially Sharp and Sony (LCDs), and Panasonic (plasmas) - but once you've seen a Pioneer, there's no going back.