I know the pain as well. The wife always asks me why we have a new sub and new mains when we had ones aleady. It is not that easy to explain the "Upgrade" factor.
I started with the TV and worked around that. Seemed to work well for me. Take a look at www.uecweb.com. Although they are factory refubished they are the bes out there. I called Hitachi (in my home town) and they told me to go to UEC. GREAT pricing on TV's and Plasma's are about 50% off. I got a big screan about 2 yrs ago and the only issue I could find wrong with it was a little yellow mark on the back. Have not had one issues since.
