I hear you on the "older technology" issue. I wouldn't mind having one of the fancy newer sets that are out there now days. However, I was a very early adopter of LCR RPTV sets. Maybe too early... I had two different Hitachi's and one very early Sony VEGA model. None of them lived up to my expectations. Bulp problems on the Sony, and some kind of streaking or blob lookin' deal on the inside of the screen on both Hitachi's. (My friends referred to it as the Blobvision instead of the Ultravision...) Anyway, thanks to a very lax return policy at my dealer, they all went back to be replaced by my trusty 57S500 CRT based RPTV.

In know things have improved vastly for the other technologies: LCD RPTV, DLP, Plasma, etc. And ergonomics alone could drive someone to one of the newer sets. But I like my current set and don't see replacing it anytime soon..

later,
simp