Sony Grand WEGA KDF-50WE655 50-Inch LCD Projection TV with Integrated HDTV Tuner
High Class TV deserves a high end signal
Let's be honest.  This is one very high class television with all the bells and whistles.  The picture it produces is incredible with either Digital Cable or HDTV signal, and is just as amazing when used with Optical, S-Video, or Progressive Scan component cables from a DVD/VCR.  The clarity, brilliance, and color rendition is A+ through and through.  You'd be hard pressed to find folks to disagree with that.  The area where this TV gets dinged in the same for any large screen LCD, DLP, or Plasma unit - no one likes the low resolution analog delivery when a large widescreen is hooked up to a poor analog cable or worse still VHF or UHF non-digital signal.  So make a commitment now that you are shopping for a big screen HDTV set-up.  If you are willing to spend a couple of grand on a large screen high-end television, you should really give consideration to providing that television with a high-end signal.  That means getting digital cable, satellite (digital signal), a house antenna for free over-the-air HDTV, and investing in a DVD/VCR that has the modern outputs.  Do that and you are going to be in awe each night you settle in front of this television.  Don't do it and you are going to settle for less than this television can provide. <br /> <br />I've owned this television for about one year now.  I can tell you that it is highly impressive.  The clarity and depth of the picture are astonishing and the brilliance is fantastic.  Style-wise, okay, the newer model of this same system is more \\"modern\\" than this.  Sound-wise, this system produces clear tones and great surround.  I utilize this set with a home theatre set-up using Optical out from the TV and am immersed with sound.  And I can say that playing Xbox on this set-up with the MS HD component cables is astoundingly realistic. <br /> <br />The really great features too are that this does have its own integrated ATSC tuner to decode the HD free over-the-air signals.  And better still the no need for picture-in-picture when you can split the screen and watch them side-by-side (though you can't do that with two ATSC tuned stations - one has to be analog). <br /> <br />But probably the best perspective I can give you is that I treat the guests to my home who haven't yet seen such a high-end widescreen television to a bit of a test.  I display for them the analog every day picture first in full 16:9 view and then in 4:3 standard.  They instantly agree that analog in 16:9 is not sharp, and less appealing.  Then I switch it over to a digital connection and they are back to being awed.  Finally, I tune in an HDTV broadcast and everyone is absolutely mesmorized.  During the Superbowl this year one of my party guests exclaimed, \\"Wow!  I can see individual faces in the stadium seats when the cameras are watching the action on the field.\\"  Yes, I know.  I get that enjoyment every single day when I power up the Sony 50\\".  If you are seriously looking to get a big screen, this one is the absolute way to go!  I'll leave the rest to argue over which is better, an LCD Projection, DLP, LCD flat panel, or Plasma.  I already know.  It's sitting in my entertainment center.