Toshiba 40H80 40-Inch HDTV-Ready Projection TV
Out of the world performance out of the box
After spending hours after hours online reasearching for my HDTV purchase, I settled on this model. Good sources was epinions.com and consumerreview.com. <br />That research paid off. The moment I powered this baby on my wife and I were blown away by the picture quality from our crummy basic cable service. I settled on this size since its the largest screen that would be reasonable in an apartment without needing frequent eye drops.  What particularly impressed me was the vivid image from this rear projection TV! A word of advice, if you plan to sit less than 7-8 feet away from this TV, expect eye strain due to the size of the screen. (Imagine sitting in the fifth row of a theater!)<br />The UNIVERSAL remote is hugely useful. ( I have shelved all my other remotes). The remote has &quot;Pic Size&quot; button which you can easily use to toggle various screen modes (4:3 TV, 16:9 wide screen with non-uniform stretch, 16:9 with uniform stretch). <br />Even in the non-uniform stretch mode you have 3 choices to fill the screen with the image. With all these options, the downside was that my wife has one preference and I have another. We are able to toggle through all of these just from the remote.<br />The DVD (interlace scan/first generation) player gave a  pretty good image when I used a component video cable (invest well on the cable. Monster MV3 component video cable is a good but pricey buy). <br />I haven't viewed High Definition images (don't have a HD receiver nor do I have a progressive scan DVD player) still I am bowled over by this TV.  HD will of course only be better. <br />Not an iota of doubt in recommending this heartily.