Bought the HDTV HDLP50W151 at a local appliances chain, Conn's, for $3150, same as the best internet advertised price - currently $2999 plus delivery.
The TV is gorgeous itself, and thin (16" deep). Big 50 inch screen, surrounded by a black band in the same transparent plastic surface. Once mounted in my A/V wall unit, looks like a giant painting.
Tried 3 different antennas, settled for a Radio-Shack flying saucer like amplified HDTV antenna mounted in the attic. With this, I get all 6 DTV local broadcasts in San Antonio, Texas (ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, Fox, WB).
Image is jaw-dropping gorgeous from everywhere in the room, and in daylight as well as daylight. So bright it hurts a bit the eyes in darkness, I have to leave some lighting on. Once you've watched Monday night football on ABC-HD, there is no going back. Even my extensive DVD collection look unsmooth, less three-dimensional.
Has a Toslink Dolby Digital output for my A/V (THX Select) receiver, and converts regular cable TV into PCM (CD), passes through the Dolby Digital that comes with HDTV broadcasts. Once again, Monday night football: you get immersed in the atmosphere, surrounded by fans screams and stadium noise, with the comments clearly camped to the screen, and various signals, whistles etc... coming from all over. Almost like being there. Prime time series ain't half bad, and the pre-game Britney Spears special yesterday 11/17 - Just Wow! Sound, atmosphere, 3D like picture, beats the hell out the local cineplex, never mind TV.
My wife watched a video tape on it, and she hated it. The picture is just too muddy on the big screen, specially after watching HDTV. Cable TV is now bearable, DVDs acceptable, on the same footing as Standard definition (SD) broadcasts.
Dark secret of HDTV watching: Digital broadcasts are SD most of the day, typically each network only sends out 2-3 hours worth of true HD program per day, around prime-time (7-9 Central), plus Jay Leno at night. And each network even drops to SD for some programs, and back to HD etc... So unless you're totally indiscriminate on what you're watching, or addicted to PBS (they do broadcast HDTV 24/24, but re-run a lot the same albeit nicely done travelogues), there is almost no real way to spend an evening watching all-HDTV - except, you guessed it, Monday Night Football.
Second secret: the QAM-capable tuner pulls in all the local HD channels available on cable (only 3 out of 6 on TWC San Antonio), but the picture or sound is no better than from a good antenna. Figures, digital is digital. And most digital TV programming is scrambled, so you do get all standard cable analog channels, plus the 3 local HDTV channels (may vary per your city and provider), and that's about it.
It would be too long to list the features, you can see them at rcascenium.com. Everything they say is true and it works perfectly.

Recommended: Yes

Amount Paid (US$): 3150.00