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Date: 2006-11-12 Great TV for a true Home Theater experience I originally bought a Panasonic th58px60u plasma to hang on the wall, but it was heavy and we weren't comfortable with that. For less money we went from a 58" to 73" screen and the PQ is great (up to 1080p). Especially for HD (both cable and now HD-DVD). SD channels leave something to be desired when blown up this big, but are acceptable. The problem is when you watch and get used to HD, nothing else is worth watching. True cable HD channels broadcasted (and recorded) at 720p look incredibly good. I've had no problems with the TV except sometimes when I first turn it on to watch cable, the screen is partially split. I just change the channel and come back and the problem goes away. This turned out to be a problem with my cable box and not the TV. We also just bought the Toshiba A1 HD-DVD player, which will blow you away on this TV! Eventhough the player transmits 1080i signals, it doesn't matter. HD-DVD's are recorded in such a way that each relative frame is the same moment in time, so the whole odd/even issue of interlacing is a moot point. I've played my regular Pearl Harbor DVD using this player to up-convert to 1080i and it looked like near HD quality. Cars (by Pixar) looked great! Some of my other DVD's do not look as good, but that's an issue with the dvd, not the player or TV. I also like the fact that you can control other components through the TV. It has an easy-to-use setup screen to "learn" about other components connected to the set (it knows when something's been connected). The reason I like this is because my other components are out of sight from the remote, but never the TV. So if I've changed the input to DVD for example, the remote now acts as a DVD remote. If I'm watching cable, the remote now acts as my cable remote, etc... Nice. If you're watching SD stations, you'll want to be back at least 10 feet, but if you're watching HD-DVD, you can be just a few feet away and it still looks good. All my components are connected to the TV, and from the TV I run digital sound out to my receiver. Sound quality is very good as well, but like everything else, it's also configurable. We have a 12'(W) x 24'(L) room dedicated as a home theater. This set is the perfect size for that room.
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