If money's a problem and you want to get a better display, pick up a used Sony 1031 CRT projector for $200-400USD and set it up to throw a fairly small image (no more then 6' wide).
Properly set up (and with good tubes) it'll run circles around any consumer grade RPTV out there...
Thank you, I appreciate the info and your suggestion, but like I said, a projector is something that is not conducive to what "I" want from "my" home theater. Thats me. Now a $200.00 16:9 sixty something inch DLP, LCOS, or Plasma display with a built in HD tuner.........