Toshiba 65H81 65 HDTV-Ready TheaterWide Projection TV
Big bang for the money
I did a lot of research before buying this TV.  I was bent on buying a Mitsubishi 65\\" 16:9 until I went to a local Fry's Electronics and had them place the TVs next to each other.  The Toshiba had crisper picture with well lit corners and minimal distortions (try watching movie credits roll up to look for distortions in the CRTs, mirrors, etc.)<br />This TV does not have the bleeding edge stuff like FireWire video, unified A/V control system (e.g., IR transcoding), DLPs, etc, but don't lose focus of why your buying a large screen TV...the large picture.  The picture quality is on par with the best of them.<br />Also, I went out and bought a progressive scan DVD player and compared the picture quality against my old 480p model.  The deinterlacing works so well on the Toshiba that I'm having a hard time justifying the purchase.  Read this article for more info on 480p and 480i DVD players ...<br />Bottome line:  big bang for the money.  Everything you need without having to fund bleeding edge stuff that may never become mainstream.  Enjoy.