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So I get my annual bonus check tomorrow and am going to devote a large chunk of it to a new TV. I have narrowed down my choices to these three but I am not wed to these, I just like what they offer.

Panasonic TH-50PX600U

Sony KDL-40XBR2

Sony KDS-55A2000 Grand WEGA 55" SXRD 1080p Rear Projection HDTV

Does anyone 1) have experience (good or bad) with the above or 2) have a TV they are particularly passionate about? I plan on watching the Redskins return to glory in hi-def next season.

I should note I have explored the advice listed in Consumer Reports and CNet

CNet is a great resource. I have the sony KDF-46E2000 and I love it. Its not 1080 tech but I don't really see the difference anyways. It has been great. I got it the week of the SB and one of the best things is, I got it at best buy for like 1300 and a week later fry's electronics had it on sale for 1050 so best buy refunded some $ to me to make it 999. How cool is that. I'm also a sony snob so I'm not sure if that helps but I'd say go with one of the sony's.

You suck. I have been with my company for 9 years, and I just got my first bonus: a $50 amex gift card. I can't even buy a portable tv with my bonus.

If it makes you feel any better this is a first for me as well

I'm just teasing man. Congrats. You've been putting in a lot of hours recently, so I'm sure you deserved it. Plus there was the whole threat to take over the world and make the internet illegal.

Power is its own reward; also, next year I can get up to 10% of my salary as opposed to 5% this year

I would say go with a DLP televsion. They look the best IMO. As long as you don't mind it not being able to hang on your wall. I have seen my Uncle's 72" DLP in hi-def and I haven't seen any televsion look better than his. I do not recall the brand though.

the biggest and the brightest.. the one that melts the most faces

TincoSkin wrote:the biggest and the brightest.. the one that melts the most faces

So I need the Ark of the Covenant model

Or one with a blowtorch built in.

Fios, there's a consumer reports magazine on the stands that rates HDTV's. The link I posted earlier has a few tv's you can look up.

Chris Luva Luva wrote:Fios, there's a consumer reports magazine on the stands that rates HDTV's. The link I posted earlier has a few tv's you can look up.

Yup, I have an online subscription, thus I ended up getting a Sony Grand WEGA 50" 1080p Rear-Projection SXRD ... the hi-def cable box arrives today and I won't be leaving my house for the next month

does the WEGA melt faces? i heard it kinda makes your skin burn a bit, more like staying in a tanning booth for a week, but falls short of full face melting ability...

Fios wrote:

Chris Luva Luva wrote:Fios, there's a consumer reports magazine on the stands that rates HDTV's. The link I posted earlier has a few tv's you can look up.

Yup, I have an online subscription, thus I ended up getting a Sony Grand WEGA 50" 1080p Rear-Projection SXRD ... the hi-def cable box arrives today and I won't be leaving my house for the next month

Sweet don't be like my parents and load the house down with HDTV's and no HD programming.

TincoSkin wrote:does the WEGA melt faces? i heard it kinda makes your skin burn a bit, more like staying in a tanning booth for a week, but falls short of full face melting ability...

It makes everyone uncomfortably warm, enough to sweat a little but not enough to be painful. That was obviously a BIG selling point.

Chris Luva Luva wrote:

Fios wrote:

Chris Luva Luva wrote:Fios, there's a consumer reports magazine on the stands that rates HDTV's. The link I posted earlier has a few tv's you can look up.

Yup, I have an online subscription, thus I ended up getting a Sony Grand WEGA 50" 1080p Rear-Projection SXRD ... the hi-def cable box arrives today and I won't be leaving my house for the next month

Sweet don't be like my parents and load the house down with HDTV's and no HD programming.

My HD box arrived just as I left the house to drive in ... sigh ... had I known that I would have been "sick" all day today

If you care (and, really, who doesn't?) this is what my TV looks like