Please help me decide.

Take a look at Banyan Electronics:

http://www.banyanelectronics.com/Graphics/top_home.jpg

I have the XBR WEGA 16X9 1080I unit thaat is 34in wide, its deep, heavy but it smokes any picture out there at this point in time, if it is a model like mine and hi def I would grab it.......my unit was $2500 almost 5 yrs ago and still as beautiful as ever, I watch movies on our Projector but everything else on the Sony as its that good.

It's the 40XBR800. I originally wanted this model, but was too big to fit through the door.

I didn't know Sony made 40" CRT TV. I had a 32" XBR CRT and it was just a huge pain in the butt when I was moving. I eventually sold it on craigslist, but it was not easy to sell due to the weight. One of my friend had 36" XBR, which I thought was the largest CRT Sony ever made until I saw this thread. He practially gave it away just last year as nobody wanted it. For $500 it may look like a good deal but it's going to be a major 200lbs+ pain in a couple of years when you want to get rid of it.

Tabl10s- 6th Ave. Electronics is selling the 56-inch, LED illumination, Samsung HLT56875 for $1199!!! Go for it; it will match up to any 50 - 52-inch LCD or plasma at two to three times the price. This is a steal.

Russ