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Strengths: The absolute best 720p/1080i picture you will probably ever see for years.
Weaknesses: SD 480i from analog cable looks like VHS at EP speed. Audio is hollow.
Summary: I'll break this up into four sections:
Overall, HD, SD, and audio.
Overall: This is a big TV. 73 inches is over 6 feet in diagonal. You need some distance between the TV and the viewer. The TV has plenty of inputs. While a 120Hz TV, you have to select 120 in setup and you're warned it can produce pixels on slow and still objects...kinda dumb. One nice thing...it remembers set-up by input type. On dumb thing...pressing input doesn't change the input, it brings you to a menu where you have to use arrows, which means a TiVo remote for changing inputs is useless.
HD: Fantastic. 10 out of 10. The best HD I saw. Is it as bright as an LCD or plasma...no. But it's so bright you don't need to have the lamp at the brightest setting. And it's a smooth HD, not sharp and rough like some LCDs.
SD: here's where the shortcomings come in and why people return HD sets. First, Digital SD over-the-air looks fine. The probelm is with analog or digital cable SD. It's soft. And of course it is. You're blowing up the picture to the size of a billboard. Horrible...no. Takes some getting used to...yup.
Audio: This was the biggest dissapointment. If you're using a home theater, no worries, but the on-board speakers sound hollow and tinny. Some EQ in the audio set-up helps. An associated problem is that the audio may be too good and what you're hearing is a more true to life reproduction of what was recorded on set than you ever have. Horrible...no, but it does take a few days to get used to and to figure ut the pefect EQ.

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