[oh8eleven]

I would not recommend Mitsubishi. My next TV will be a LCD by someone other than Mitsubishi.
Four years ago I bought the Sony 42" LCD HDTV. Two years later with zero problems on my TV, my brother went out and bought the same model.
A year later he ended up with some major LCD problems and had to have the TV replaced. You just never know.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The problem with older stuff is that it is just so doggone reliable. We are still using our Sony Trinitron 27” XBR - must be 18 years old and had one $125 repair. Picture is still incredibly good. We recently retired our 25 year old GE microwave and the replacement unit is a piece of junk. Ditto for our old refrigerator (30 years), stove (40 years) and DW.

I really lust for a new 50 inch Pioneer Kuro, but will probably go for a Panasonic Viera TH-50PZ800U at 40% of the price of the Kuro. I just worry about the reliability of these units.