Thank you all for your excellent advice and recommendations,
I decided to go with the toshiba TW 56H80 it's a widescreen
model released in 2000,it was a close call against the hitachi,i preffered the picture on the toshiba by a small margin.the dealer where i purchased the toshiba happen to
have the pioneer elite pro610 side by side the toshiba
56h80,i will admit the pioneer had a better picture but buy
only a very small margin,the pionner elite being $thousands
more than either the toshiba or hitachi,the marginal improvment on the pioneer make the toshiba and hitachi a steal for the price.
I decided to go with the toshiba TW 56H80 it's a widescreen
model released in 2000,it was a close call against the hitachi,i preffered the picture on the toshiba by a small margin.the dealer where i purchased the toshiba happen to
have the pioneer elite pro610 side by side the toshiba
56h80,i will admit the pioneer had a better picture but buy
only a very small margin,the pionner elite being $thousands
more than either the toshiba or hitachi,the marginal improvment on the pioneer make the toshiba and hitachi a steal for the price.