What is the best bang for the buck 65 incher?....

Look for a deal on a Sony 55" XBR8. They are expensive.
I am pretty sure they are the only TRIPLE color backlit LED
made to date. All are white LED's. XBR8 has red, green and blue LED's.

I have never seen anything in LCD even come close. The best blacks you can get on a LCD and great build quality.
I am much more of an audiophile than a videophile,
but I spent some time comparing the XBR8 with the two other
top brands in a high end store. Not Bright Buy.

The XBR8 is a nice set but the black crush is unacceptable. The new V10 Panasonics are markedly superior, deep blacks and all the detail is preserved. btw, you shouldn't determine television superiority in a store.

In any case, they don't make the XBR8 in a 65" size so it's moot. It's also too bad the 65" V10 doesn't have the single pane of glass design of the 50-54" models which is really nice (for aesthetic reasons only of course).

I have an XBR8.....what the heck is black crush?
Blacks are great on mine. I get comments from video people on the superior color.
Best LCD I have had.........I have had quite a few.

Sorry you cannot take three different tv's home like cd players. I thought the build quality was the best I have seen.

How many transactions here do most people have?

To bad you can't deal with the DLP's added depth. I just purchased a 60in Mits DLP for $795 on black friday for the kids TV/Game room

73in mits diamond for my HT setup & am tempted to throw that in the bedroom since Mits came out with a 82in version.

The depth doesn't bother me at all since it's the same depth of the speakers, compoents and all that stuff.....

We were considering a LED or LCD for the kids room but couldn't pass up the price on the 60in & the depth doesn't bother us at all.

Google is your friend:

http://www.cockam.com/vidglos.htm