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In Reply to: Answers posted by Bosh on August 13, 2003 at 13:33:57:

#1 Damn! I was going to suggest the upcoming Panasonic TH50PX20U. It has integrated speakers, like you want. The current low price on this model is $6999. However, that's today. Since it isn't supposed to be released until mid-October, I'd suspect that may come down a bit. Currently on the AVS forum, the prediction is about $6500 by the end of October. Trust me, lots of fingers are crossed over there.
#2 Sony makes some good televisions. I currently have a 4:3 53" XBR model in the living room. They're a bit behind in the plasma race, but not by far. Their prices are way behind. They're just too high.
#3 I have a very funny story about a recent Best Buy experience. Not right now, though.
#others I understand where you're coming from. Yes, that certainly simplifies things a bit and would make it easy for others. However, cranking things up a bit on the real system during some of the "War Planes" scenes on The History Channel isn't such a bad idea.
My son didn't do that with my system. He did it with the system I set up for my wife. Nobody touches my system -- the wife is scared of it and my son knows not to go in "daddy's room", as my wife calls it.
Trust me, the only knuckles involved with Britney in the shower would be hers -- touching her toes, if you get my drift. She is a limber gal, don't ya know...
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I would suggest that you get a plasma that has a DVI-HDCP input, just to be safe. In another year, access to high definition programming may be limited without it. Besides, DVI-HDCP enables an all digital path to the plasma (from Set Top Boxes and DVD players that have this capability). The new Panasonic that I mentioned above has one of these inputs as a standard feature.
Sampo has a new 50" model out. You may be able to see this model at your local Best Buy. I believe it can be found for under $5500 online and comes with a DVI-HDCP input. I've seen a 50" Pioneer model priced just under $6000 online. One thing you need to know about current Pioneers is that you need an additional card to get DVI-HDCP (made by a company called Aurora). Pioneer's (optional) card is just DVI. They will be releasing new models in a few months and those may have a DVI-HDCP input included. We'll see.
Here are a few online plasma vendors. The first 3 do business on AVS forum.
http://www.plasmaextreme.us
http://www.visualapex.com
http://www.tvauthority.com
http://www.pac-2000.com
http://www.1800plasmas.com
http://www.digitalmegastore.com
http://www.ibuyplasma.com
http://www.centraldigital.com
Here's a link to Panasonic's Japanese site for a view of the TH50PX10U (the US model is the TH50PX20U):

http://panasonic.jp/tv/pdp/feature/design.html (Open in New Window)

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