I purchased this TV on Black Friday 2006 at a very good price...under $900 dollars.  I had no problems understanding the directions or hooking it up.  You need an HD box which the cable company provides along with an HD cord to receive the optimal picture quality.  I love watching sports, especially, on HD because the clarity is just phenomenal.  I also use a DVR as well as the pause, rewind, fast forward features that come with my digital HD cable services and have had absolutely no issues with pictures burning on a screen, even after pausing a picture for over 30 minutes.  There are always...