Lawdog

It may have been a little longer than you intended, but it's appreciated and good info. Like I said above in post #139, the picture quality on the Panasonic I looked at was excellent. At under $1300, plus another $98 for my new HD-DVD player, I am set with a great screen and it doesn't blow up the budget. Thanks for the good info.

I recognize the debate over 720p versus 1080p, but I think I might grab the Panasonic TH-50PX75U at Sears F&F night, before BF. Although this 50 in. plasma is only 720p, many reviews (CR being one) have it second only to its 1080p sibling, which is an additional $1000, give or take. We gave it a good HD-DVD feed comparison to several other sets, including the 1080p version and thought its picture was excellent. It should be in the vicinity of $1250-$1280 at the Sears sale this weekend. Unless Best Buy has something better, that's where we are leaning right now. If the 1080p version were only $200 more, rather than a $1000, it would be a tougher choice.

I think there is a $115 savings and as they often do in their ads, the price shown is the "before" savings. $899 is the regular price. That would be $785 or so, about $35 less than Costco's regular price of $820, as of 11/20/06. It would then be pretty in the ballpark as a "sale" price. Amazon and Buy.com are both a little higher currently.

On their website, they have only one 56" DLP Toshiba and the price matches up. That's likely the one. I'd put in the link, but since this is my first post, it won't let me.