[goldstategop]

The choice is clear: a Sony Bravia LCD TV. I have the 40" set and I'm very happy with mine. For $2,0000 you can't go wrong with Sony. Its simply value for your HDTV dollars.

[gondramB]

>>The choice is clear: a Sony Bravia LCD TV. I have the 40” set and I’m very happy with mine. For $2,0000 you can’t go wrong with Sony. Its simply value for your HDTV dollars.<<

Sony was actually my first choice. But the 52 inch Bravia was $3,000 even on sale. By going Mitsubishi and DLP I got a much bigger set for much less money at nearly equal quality.

If I could have any TV in the world it would be a Sony, the Sony KDSR70XBR2 70” 1080P Grand Wega Sxrd XBR HDTV but then you are up to $4000 on sale (against a $6000 list).

BTW, I found Nextag.com very helpful at locating online pricing and Salescircular.com to be priceless for finding local deals. For example here is a search for TV’s 50-60 inches between $1550 and $1900.
http://www.nextag.com/Televisions—PRICE-1550-to-1900—a-Screen+Size-_-50%22+-+60%22—zz500014zB4z5-—html
You can narrow the search more if you like. For example that page tells you only one of those has a headphone jack.

For example here is a link that finds TVs 42 inches and larger on sale this week in Mississippi.
http://www.salescircular.com/ms/video/giantp.shtml

[Mr. Jeeves]

The choice is clear: a Sony Bravia LCD TV. I have the 40" set and I'm very happy with mine. For $2,0000 you can't go wrong with Sony. Its simply value for your HDTV dollars.

I'll second that - just got the 52" model. Go to AV Science Forum for in-depth discussions of all of the various HDTV models and their strengths and weaknesses.