Don't know what happened to the post so I'm resubmitting.
Go RPTV as it's close in price in tubes but a lt bigger. Play video games on your old tube TV. There's something about a home theater that feels like a theater 1. narrow down TV's ya like and test them 1 by one with 5 of your favorite DVD. 2. Test each TV for about 30 minute to narrow down to 2. 3. Test the 2 multiple times for an hour or so in the store. Try to get the colors close and remove sharpness altogether. 4. Use remote central, htadvice.com, and audioreview.com to see what other say to look for and product reviews. Look for bad comments... there's alway people that gush about there knew toys. 5. See what the price markup really is at cnet.com 6. Make your decision based off your experience.
A hdtv tube will cost 2500 while an nice rptv from mitsubishi runs for 3200. A little more moeny fo ra lot more bang.
I had the same delema. Needless to say I play video games in a different room now and don't regret the decision.
DVD look awesome on HDTV (better than the theater) So you might as well make the most of it.)
