M_a_r_k^NE wrote:
Remind me not to take stock tips from this fellow

Are you getting hot AV tips like this from "Jimmy" at Best Buy who gets a better mark up on DLPs and tube sets? Perhaps you need some better contacts in the video display industry:
Panasonic To Add Third Plasma Manufacturing Plant - Will Be World's Largest
Samsung Increases Commitment To Plasma
In this single year alone 50" plasma prices have hit record lows, falling 10-20%. 55" models have been released. 60+" plasma have become much more widely available with price drops. Plasma has added HDMI, tuners, CableCard slots, and has seen lower prices across the board, and a doubling of life to 60,000 hours from 30,000. Even Pioneer has dropped CRT production entirely to concentrated on Plasma.