I understand your concern about not having a tv for HD-DVD for whenever it comes out. Hopefully it will be 1080p, but you won't find anything capable of 1080p for $4-5k anytime soon I am afraid. I am in the same boat. I want a new TV, but at the same time, it is hard justifying spending so much money on something when you will want something bigger and better in 3 or 4 years. I will probaly get the 34XBR960 whenever it comes out. Then in a couple years, I will move it to the be/1.om and pick up either a 1080p FP or rear projection set.