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I also bought the Hitachi 51" CRT rear projection HDTV, it has received mostly very good reviews since its a good brand and has a built in HD tuner and a HDMI jack. The RCA has received pretty bad reviews. There is actually a website that has a whole blog about how bad the RCA HDTV is with the set fizzling after 3 months or less and a total lack of customer service. Also the RCA does not have an HDMI input.

When I have read reviews (CC and other sites) the RCA HDTV does not get as high marks as the Hitachi HDTV. Also, the Hitachi has a 3D comb filter which is a more advanced filter than the 3 line digital comb filter the RCA has. The Hitachi has a HDMI input where the RCA does not. I don't believe the RCA is energy star compliant, since it is not mentioned on the specs page, where as the Hitachi is energy star compliant. That being said, saving $275 is a lot of coin to save and buy an upconverting DVD player, etc.

Anyone have any guess as to how hot the Hitachi 51" CRT HDTV will be?

Great question. I am also interested in that drive as well as the TV. Will the 2day items be available online?

Anyone have any luck calling a Best Buy store to get an estimate on items that are described as "quantities limited to warehouse stock". I spoke with a rep. over the phone and she said the TV I was asking about could have 1 in the warehouse 5 or 10, no way to know until Friday morning. Anyone know any tricks on getting that info. from a rep. at BB?

this is very helpful info. thanks. Did you notice Best Buy's Black Friday link on this website is gone? Anyone know the reason? There were some great deals in that link.