Stan
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Believe it or not, but I was one of the early adopters of widescreen DVD. Had worked for years as a projectionist so knew how much was being cut off the sides of a standard TV showing. Anyhow, mid 90s I hopefully contributed to the demise of DIVX and Circuit City, also showed as many people as possible how terrible pan & scan was and how much picture they were losing. In 1998, purchased a fantastic Toshiba 36 inch 4:3 TV and great DVD player along with a so-so sound system. Worked fantastic. Out of several thousand DVDs, on 3 were unplayable. But Ive been reading that more and more is going BluRay only, maybe or maybe not throwing in a DVD version, so looks like I'm being forced to upgrade. Use Dish Network, and probably 90% of what I watch is letterboxed, so not losing picture. But want the flatness, HD capability and screen size of a 42" HDTV. Fiinally ready dive into a 42" or so HDTV, switch to BluRay and bump up the sound system. They main thing I've come across is make sure HDTV is at least 120Mhz and obviously 1080p. Beyond that I haven't done a lot of research, so why not ask the people who truly use the equipment. I don't need a super high-end home theatre setup, but something nice, reliable and affordable but not some cheap HDTV that will break down in two years. Any advice on where to start, what's good, bad, etc? Or is there a good resource that I don't have to spend two weeks reading through to compare models, etc. Thanks, Stan