Gonk, I feel your pain, from the ‘other’ side of the coin. We live in the ‘cottage’ big lot, 60-yr. neighborhood, were values have soared. My guy resists any and all major upheavals in his life, and is sentimentally attached to a megalith 2-story garage, he and his father built. (I’d have to burn it down, or pop it on a truck!)
And yes we’ve discussed razing it and building bigger but even I shudder at living thru that mess. SO… I have more income to pick up occasional ‘big’ toys for the dollhouse.

I take the ‘direct’ approach; for some reason projection has just never wowed me (but the new 16:9 does).
That’s food for thought on the 40” Sony and aspect ratio, although I bet it’s more than the 2K RCA? (sill like to know how Hydro feels watching 4:3 on the RCA)
‘Wary’, - me too, - just trying to decide which side of the firewire issue to land on, was enough for me for now. I peaked into tech. on DTV issues and thought, …well .. What a bigger mess!
And low and behold even Congress cares about this one, (which by past experience will just aggravate the situation)

I should sit on my 32” inch JVC for a bit longer and see how it all plays out. Honestly, I have loved the pic. I get from the set, and never a prob. running constantly. If my memory serves me it had higher Horizontal Resolution than was the norm when purchased and it’s really a beautiful/gorgeous colored screen.
It’s nice to hear from Benjamin that some have gone forward and never regretted back!

Thanks so much Gonk for the Cabinet dimensions (extremely helpful advice!!!) I juggle so much in my “bear of very little brain” head, and trying to also factor “allowances” for the future can be mind bending, we know the set will at least be bigger!

(do I have a fever, am I catching audio lands upgradeitis)