Best HDTV?

Cornfedboy: Where did you find a discount on an Aconda? Been looking for one for months, and was almost ready to pay full retail, as much as that pains me. Is your source a shareable wealth, or do us pedestrians just have to suck it up? (And, for the sake of staying on topic, I can second the opinion that the Aconda is really, really nice and that it is the anticipated '38 version that is set to retail for $5,600, while the '30 clocks in at $3,600). It will be my next TV, for what that's worth (unless someone feels like donating one of those '50 Runco plasma screens to a good cause, namely, me...). Cheers.

Just for the record, my previous post makes a lot more sense if you tink of the screen sizes mentioned in inches, not feet...

I was having fun imagining a 50 foot Runco plasma screen.

Any feeling for reliability and service track record on the Aconda?

mezmo: i sent you a private email. BTW, i find the picture quality of the loewe to be much sharper with better blacks than any plasma screen i've yet seen (and i've seen lots). -kelly

In my humble opinion, unless you are going to sit within 6 to 8 feet of the screen, there is no advantage to HDTV on such a small screen.

For around $2,200 you can get the Sony 36inch XBR. It may only be 4:3(an advantage, I think, given the current availability of HDTV programming) but at a normal viewing distance (12 feet in my case) it has a great picture (after it is properly setup) and I can't tell the difference between an HDTV signal and DVD input via progressive scan unless I sit to close.