In August 2005 I paid $4500US for my Samsung, a 61" 1080p (hah! -- only on VGA input) DLP, HLR6178W I think. Comparable units seem to be all of $1500 these days. I've been generally pleased with it, but do find myself wishing they'd had the 67" in stock, or that the 71" hadn't been something like twice the price.