You could save a short ton more of cash by going with the only mature and arguably still the best picture available today. Look at the RP CRTs; you could lose some space, gain some bucks, wait a couple years for the latest technologies to catch-up and buy what's the best when the market fall-out has subsided. Why spend the money today on the R&D for the next generation not even out yet, when you can buy mature stuff outright, right now, and get the best picture available today? (Although that may no longer be true a week from next Tuesday-ya takes yer chances)

Take what ya save and buy the best Axiom system you can then afford, and save even more money!

Well, sounds good to me, anyway.