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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Crichton" data-source="post: 2817334" data-attributes="member: 4779">Your pricing is way off, man.  Two years ago I bought a Sony 30' CRT for $800 that has an HDMI input and 2 component inputs at Circuit City.  Yeah, it was on sale ($100 off that week) but it was brand new, in the box from a reputable store.  I actually saw it online at the time for as low as $700.  That was 2 years ago.These days, a TV that can take a component/HMDI/DVI signal can easily be found for $500 or less.  May not have a 60' screen but that's okay.  And the prices on these TVs is dropping monthly.  By this holiday season you'll be able to have a huge choice of TVs that can take a signal produced by a BR or HD player.Have you looked at <a href="http://www.circuitcity.com/rpsm/catOid/-12867/N/20012866+20012867+312867003/link/ref/rpem/ccd/categorylist.do" target="_blank">Circuit City</a> or <a href="http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?navLevel=5&type=category&navHistory=cat00000%2Bcat03000%2Bcat03001%2Bpcmcat31800050027&id=pcmcat31800050030" target="_blank">Best Buy</a>'s prices for HDTV's between 30-39 inches lately?  The notion that you have to spend over a grand to get a setup worthy of next gen tech is outdated and flat-out wrong.  You could go out right now and put together a complete home theater for $1000 and still have a few bucks left over for a DVD to show off your new system.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I can't wait until a few more years go by so I can get a bigger set and spend less than I did on my 175 lb beast.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />And the bottom line is that, yes, you will need a TV that can take advantage of the BR or HD tech.  But it will actually cost less than the price of the PS3 if you do a little homework and legwork.  Open Box buys can knock a few hundred off a TV easily for a place looking to get rid of it.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /></blockquote>

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