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You will by far get the most HD channels on DirecTv. They are even adding more channels with their new satelittes scheduled to launch into space. I would advise not being cheap on an HDTV. Price really does mean everything in this market. I would at least try to pay $1500 on it. A sharp hdtv and a mitsuibishi hdtv might be the exact same size with similar specs, but there is an excellent reason why the Mitsubishi would be $700-800 higher. Brand names do make a difference.

Try classified ads and see if someone in trying to get rid of theirs. Any HDTV with a new DLP chip is going to be far better in picture quality than the previous generation.