Grab the latest issue of Home Theater and they have a face-off of five RP-HDTV's. The list prices they showed hadthe Mits and Hitachi comparitively priced. (I'm going by memory here.)

They all liked the Hitachi except for the 4:3 ratio. You may not like the 16:9 but you'd better get used to it. I personally prefer it, my neices think otherwise. ("What are those black bars for!?")

There's no way I'd drop nearly 4 grand to get a 4:3 TV. But hey, I'm just jealous I don't have the 4 grand you do to upgrade MY system.

Good luck and have fun!