Projection vs. rear. and brands and other general questions.

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I'm an audiophile first w/ decent sound but wife wants bigger picture than 31". I have seen some 50-60" rear projections sets. Hitachi makes some good ones it seems for $3-4k. Toshiba and Sony (53"?) make some that I am considering. Samsung seems to be a best value. The new Hitachis (53sWX10B?) (I saw the ~60" but may not need that big for about 12' away) seem good and have auto convergence adjust I guess. I see mention here of projection also, is that just a lower quality space and weight saver? Mostly I would watch DVDs and TV. Are there any general recommendations of brands? I guess nobody will sell just a monitor so I have to still pay for audio sections and tuners, etc.? I don't know if the $3000+ stuff is worth the extra compared to say the ~$2k Samsungs or something? I saw the Pioneer elite and and $6k Sony stuff and it definately is not 50% better than the <$4k stuff from what I saw. The reviews on audioreview.com of the Pioneer SD 533HD5 make it sound like a good buy. I am only considering the 16:9s and I am guessing that auto convergence is valuable even though it doesn't seem like it would be a big deal to me to manual do < 100 spot once a year (I was told that the Hitachi does nearly 300 spots automatically which sounds accurate if it really works). Can you comment on some of this or give me some more guidance?
Thanks,
Brian.
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Topic - Projection vs. rear. and brands and other general questions. - Brian 19:39:06 12/13/01 (11)

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Re: Projection vs. rear. and brands and other general questions. - xenon101 06:19:46 12/14/01 (7)

Re: Projection vs. rear. and brands and other general questions. - Rich 08:03:55 12/14/01 (4)

Re: Projection vs. rear. and brands and other general questions. - Xenon101 08:49:32 12/14/01 (3)

What... - Rich 09:13:23 12/14/01 (2)

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Re: Who cares? - Rich 10:54:28 12/21/01 (0)

Pioneer SD533HD5 vs. the Elite Pro 510HD? - Brian 08:02:53 12/14/01 (1)

Re: Pioneer SD533HD5 vs. the Elite Pro 510HD? - xenon101 09:19:14 12/14/01 (0)

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