Its the Toshiba 48a48r something or other. its about 1.5 years old, was about $2600, i think. But it was a desplay tv for a best buy type place so we got a slightly better deal. Its since been replaced with the new 100% flat screen 50 incher and the 56 inch wide screen version by toshiba, both are less then what ours cost. The toshiba 56H80 is 56 inch projecion for 2.5 grand, nice tv. At the time toshiba was the best value, but now i have no idea where the good buys are now. the panasonic sounds like a good deal.
You can get a lot of 47inch plus projection tvs for under 2 grand i think. if you plan to watch dvds you should really have the 16:9 AR though, looks way cool. and most ~50 inchers are either way too big (depth wise) or not hdtv/ 16:9. more money gets you someting smaller with the nice AR.
Also dont freak out when you move a speaker or anything magnetic accros the screen and all the purple or green goes to one side. thats what the "degauss" is for. my dad sht a brick when that happened, i though his head was gona pop. but it was all ok when i explained how the degauss works
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Most electronics seem to loose major value and become outdated in a year or so. TVs seem to hold there value a *little* better. Our tv is probably going on 2 years soon and still seems to be a pretty good deal.
-AKHog
