Toshiba 46HM84 46-Inch TheaterWide HD-Ready Rear-Projection DLP TV
The 52HM84 rocks!!!
I shopped for several years ( yes, years! lol ) for a big screen hdtv. Well, long story short, plasmas are incredibly stunning and all the rage, but, for less than half the money, I got a tv with picture quality as good, or better, and no worry about burn in, ultimately having to throw it away when it darkens gradually, heat,and noisy fans. When the bulb burns out on this baby, you just replace yourself for about $250 and keep on truckin. Also, LCDs can't match the performance for the price, old style projections are too bulky and both can suffer from burn in. <br /> <br />I compared it to DLPs and LCDs from Samsung, LG, Sony, Hitachi and JVC and I thought it had the best picture. You might disagree, but I would recommend using your eyes to judge, not the specs on any particular set. <br /> <br />The only real problem is common to all big screen HDTVs: the rather poor picture quality of analog channels on cable. Also, as a minor criticism, I wish there was more than one customer preference setting. I use it for analog channels, but it would be nice to have several more. <br /> <br />The sound is great, although I use my Bose LS 28 when watching movies and some HD programming. <br /> <br />It has plenty of input/output jacks, including an HDMI port. <br /> <br />If you want a big picture HDTV and don't want to spring for super bucks and extreme anxiety for a plasma, the Toshiba DLP 52HM84 is hard to beat. It was rated the best DLP by Home Theater, too, for what that's worth. <br /> <br />Have a happy holiday season! <br /> <br />Zguy in Tucson.