Sony Grand WEGA KDS-60A2000 60-Inch SXRD 1080p Rear Projection HDTV
Excellent in all modes
This is my second HD set, and it's much much better than what I had. Not only does this have an excellent HD 1080p, but the picture from standard def sources is the best I've seen.  The internal scaler (which converts SD to 1080p) is among the best made.<br /><br />One thing that happens, though, is that people hook up devices that have their own (inferior) scalers and then complain about the Standard def.  This happens often with \\"hi-def\\" cable boxes, where the installer sets the cable box to do all the converting before it gets to the TV.  Not much the TV can do when the cable box has already mucked things up.  The proper thing to do is to set up the cable box to \\"pass-through\\" mode (i.e. leave the signal alone!) so the $3000 TV's scaler is used instead of the junk in the $80 cable box.<br /><br />When set up properly, regular TV looks like DVD used to, DVD looks hi-def, and true HD is eye-popping.