Samsung HL-P5063W

I've checked it out as well but was in the same lighting situation. Did you notice the lamplife is only 5000-8000 hours?!?

I ordered one, knowing I was "stuck" if didn't like it. Demo in store is useless for most things, but especially. Don't you love salesmen that don't wamt to be inconvienced so you can be sure of purchase. I get it tomorrow. If you email me directly via shaqspack, I will be glad to share experiences. You can't count on me to keep up on forums.

At least we know about lamp. Amotized, about $100/year in expense. If that is the main drawback, I'll be thrilled.

Ed

Finally got off the pot (the sitting kind, not the smoking kind) and purchased the Samsung. $2,799 at PC Richards, a major Long Island appliance and electronics chain. I am very happy so far.

Standard TV looks much better than I expected (more dependant on the source material); DVDs are teriffic, both through the s-video connection. My HDTV box is being delivered by Cablevision this coming Saturday. At that time, both the cable box and my DVD player will connected through the component video inputs to the TV. The cable box also has a DVI output. I'll try that at a later date (the TV also has a HDMI input).

Glad I waited for gen 3. Stay tuned.

Finally purchase. Someone emailed mailed me direct. Please dio same and Ill remember to respond, But in short, I'm happy.