Thanks, Maties...I'll give you my neophyte, non-tech review when the sucka arrives and it gets hooked up in a week to 10 days. I still have some concern on being a firstish adopter on this kind of stuff, the complexity of connections(proper), settings, usage, etc. And, still not sure we "needed" something this big or leading edge or expensive for the FL joint. (Still have to score a stand; found some interesting furniture-type pedestal stuff on the net; the Sony stand and their kind are too Jetson for me.)
It's a "lil' kid in the candy store with a dollar" syndrome when one gets to set up a new A/V system: I don't need, or want MacIntosh or ground rumbling THX or $5G speakers...it is fun purusing the ads and thinking about stuff, however.
The AVS Fourm,
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/index.php?, has been quite a source of info, opins and good reading...many there are even more A-O and opinionated than here, if that's possible.
Some serious "things must be perfect" posters, however. Worth a perusal if you are interested in A/V stuff: the site has sub forums up the wazoo and takes some searching.
NEway, off to play Bridge w/my GeezerBridgeBuds for the last time until next spring. Still have a couple hundred things on the migration List to get done.
We are personally trying to keep the US Econ strong with our recent and future, spending sprees.
BR,md