Check the new Samsung DLP set ups. The LG can easily be outdone by Samsung anyday. For the US market, Samsung decided to skip the low end TV set market and decided to plunge ahead with higher end sets. LG or GoldStar, has been a stable manufacturer in Korea since its inception, but it cannot be bettered technologically by the newer Samsung sets which give a better run for your money than other Japanese manufacturers, like Sony for their XBR sets etc.