Consumer Reports rated the 50" Sony and Hitachi rear projection LCD's one and two in that order. If you go to 57" then it's Toshiba, Hitachi and Sony, but they're not LCD's. The LCD's seem to cost about $1,000 more than the others.

I'd better buy another house or knock down some walls. I don't have a room large enough for more than a 27" TV. Tom.