Whenever I go into stores selling big screens, one thing I always notice.... the Samsung always has the best and clearest picture.
Last year, or perhaps early this year, I read that Samsung had become the new Sony, vis a vis reputation for quality and design, etc, bought a Samsung product (my first cell phone was a Samsung, and I’d liked that), a combo DVD/VHS, and having used it for some months, as well as using another model of DVD/VHS also by Samsung, I very much doubt I’ll ever buy a Samsung again.
In any case, I’m going to wait to buy — when the analog TV signal dies in 18 months or so, more options should be available (besides laser TV someone mentioned above, there are at least two other technologies in the pipeline), interfaces should be better, prices should be half or less what they are today, and an enormous used market should be already out there.