Hitachi 55HDS69

I can tell you that we spent months and months of research and going from store to store. We finally decided to pull the trigger on this Hitachi 55" and we are BOTH still very very pleased with this set. I would do it all over again in a heartbeat. It's amazing. The UPS delivery man just told me this morning that it was by far the nicest pic quality tv that he's seen in all of his years of delivering.

Internal Tuner allows us to pick up High Def channels WITHOUT cable box, which is a huge plus as well. Pic quality is amazing and after months of watching it, playing wii and Sony on it....not one problem, NOT ONE.

My father in law owns the Big Boy Sony, and my sister owns the 58" panny. Both are envious of the price we paid for our Hitachi, compared to what we paid for our tv. My father in law actually admits that he likes our Hitachi better than his Sony.

Hitachi has wonderful customer service, although we have never had to use them.

Only complaint....regular cable picture WITHOUT cable box is average...about what you would get on a regular tv. WITH a cable box, you will be blown away, even on channels that are NOT HD and are only digital.

I would buy it again this very minute....and for the price it's an amazing deal. It's LOOKS BETTER in home than in store. I think they lower the pic quality to make the Other big boys looks better (more money to sell those!)

We paid 2400 (including tax) for a package deal.....tv, professional installation through CC, and wall mount.

Best 2400 we have ever spent.

A word of caution...this is one mother of a tv, I would highly recomend wall mounting. The tv instructions do come with further instructions on table mounting this though.