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I'm sure you will enjoy your 720p television just fine. However I must comment on the amazing attributes of today's 1080p tv's. I have a 1080p 65 inch Sharp Aquos that I use as my computer monitor. I recently installed a new video card that sends the picture from my computer by way of HDMI to my television so that I can set the screen resolution to full 1080p... the results are ASTOUNDING!!!! I had a bunch of pictures pulled up as thumbnails the other day and I got up off of the couch that sits 17 feet from the screen and walked all the way up and looked at the thumbnails from a few inches away. They were so crystal clear and detailed it blew me away, it was as if I'd stuck a regular picture on the screen... it was unreal!

Of course as others have said once you're a good 5 or 6 feet away you would probably never be able to tell the difference between a 720p picture and a 1080p one. At any rate, life is good bro!

Hey Mark-
I don't have anything to add to this discussion, other than: "Hey, Mark!"

LOL! I didn't do an autocomplete, but I DID do a double take to see if it was our old friend Mr. Wires. SON-OF-A-GUN! It turned out to be an even OLDER friend. Hiya Mark. It's good to see your screen name pop up again. There are too many who have faded away never to be heard from again (Big John, for example).

All the Big people are gone. BigWill, BigJohn....

We should note this when someone new joins the forums with a user name that starts with "Big".....

Whatever happened to BigWhoop?

Thanks, guys, it is nice to be remembered.

John, when I did a search here I remembered BJ cables being kinda pricey, if not full-on boutique style. (condolences on the state of UM f-ball, BTW. My Bruins are in even worse shape, I fear.)

Tom, I forgot to mention this delicious and affordable Belgian I found at Cost Plus:

http://40beersat40.blogspot.com/2008/03/abbaye-daulne-triple-brune-8.html

soft and estery, very satisfying, not cloying or over-done. very quaffable, but plenty of substance. I think I'm going back to today for more.

Micah, if money were not an issue (particularly with the wife) I would have gone at least 55" and 1080p. I suppose I could sell my ZX14, huh?

We sit 13' back so a 50" looks good, but it isn't overly large for the room. I wouldn't want to go any smaller.

Regardless, "House" looked really, really nice last night.

Thanks for the beer-tip, Mark.

The BlueJeans stuff is more expensive than Monoprice, but apparently is domestically-sourced and of impeccable quality. Plus, they're in Seattle, so we could work out some kind of outlandishly expensive personal delivery option or something.

It is impossible for Rick Neuheisel to bring lasting joy to ANY program.

Oh Yeah!!! Wanna bet on that???

Hey Mark - nice to see you show up again! Congrats on the TV.

There used to be a Yankees pitcher that Curt Gowdy called "Big Dick.......Tidrow".