Haven't watched any television in over five years. It's a friggen' waste of time for the most part! I can't believe anyone would actually PAY to get garbage programming and advertising access on a hundred and something different channels. Brain numbing at your fingertips. We do watch movies though, and for that we have a 34" Sony widescreen HDTV (that latter detail is irrelevant since we don't watch any broadcast on it, yet it did have the best picture to all we compared in that size and format). I do like a good picture. We got this set as a gift to ourselves last Xmas. I'm a photographer by profession and have always been a 'visual' person. The widescreen was never a question since we only watch movies with it - it's the only way to go! Don't like projection stuff because of the lack of picture quality, and the necessity to watch in a dark room. Not a fan of plasma either as tube pictures look better/sharper to my eyes. I also can't imagine forking over the large coin for a plasma screen that has a lifespan of only 5000-8000 hours. There's my jaded opinion. Before this set I watched movies on a 20" Proton Monitor which I had for over 15 years. It still worked fine when I gave it away.
Marco
