The LG EG9600 exhibits some screen-uniformity issues, but that hasn't stopped reviewers from singing its praises. Are you in that chorus?

As many AVS members know,  the LG 65EG9600 won the Value Electronics Flat-Panel Shootout  last month despite its screen-uniformity issues—specifically, a darkening along the side edges and vertical banding in the center of the screen at low APLs (average picture levels). Consumer Reports just published  its review of the 55EG9600 , citing these problems but concluding, "Most of us here would pick this TV out of all the TVs we've tested this year as the one we'd most like to own."  CNET's review of the 65EG9600  noted the same problems and came to much the same conclusion because of its amazingly deep blacks and extreme contrast.

If money was of no concern, would you buy an LG EG9600 despite the screen-uniformity issues? Of course, the EG9600 is very expensive, even with the recent price reduction to $7000 for the 65" version and $5500 for the 55-incher. It doesn't matter if you can actually afford one or not; consider the question as if shelling out that kind of dough would be no hardship whatsoever. What leads you to your vote?