Sweeeeeeeet.
I went to a local electronics boutique store to strike up a relationship with the store owner. They had 7 rooms set up with various levels of home theater nirvana. They had a special going on that you would get a free 50” Pioneer plasma if you bought a Pioneer Elite (72”?) series tv. Those were 10 grand-ish.
I keep waffling on this flat panel tv issue. On one hand, there’s the hoards of folks buying these tier 3 sets (Visio, Vito, to name a few) who seem perfectly happy. Then the snob in me emerges and reminds me that I am able to detect the performance differences in these sub-$1,000 sets and the premier models (Sharp Aquos / Sony Bravia (XBR2 and later).
It’s just that even if I can tell the difference, can I really tell $2-3,000 difference?
Everything, in reality is a concession. For you, even, you could have gone after the crazy $10K units I supposed but went with the $6K one. What was the deciding factor there?
My willingness to spend so much money, and no more. One must learn to spend less than one has in the bank, or has as available credit (both would apply, in my case.)