I didn't like the picture it had on the showroom either. Everything looked really grainy and pixelated on it and I was at least 10 feet away. They could have just set it bad to sell more expensive sets. Who knows.
Just make sure you have enough room. Since you have a 61 you probably do. We looked at this set when replacing our normal SD rear projection 63 inch set and it was way to big to fit. Ended up going with a 52 and it works great. Lost...