Lots of great stuff. I visited a local home theater store and discussed all of this with their sales staff. The owner was also chiming in and by the end of the hour long conversation I ended up buying and JVC X750RBU that they had in stock. Bumped my price up close to $5k but I'm looking forward to improved images in my theater room. They have a 30 day return policy although with a restocking fee of 10%. I was just sick of trying to get the better image from my Panasonic. Oh and it was not the cable. Tried that before hitting the store.
