[quote name='muhsheesuh']I don't hear too many good things about the 550 series but congrats![/QUOTE]
The thing is a beast, so yeah i'm happy! I saw both tv's side by side and the 550 with a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio (as opposed to 15,000:1) was dramatically sharper in PQ. Now this could have been the way the displays were set up but for the extra couple hundred it was well woth it!
[quote name='quanex']wait for that vizio vp505xvt... it has a hqv(hollywood quality video) processor in it like panasonics and the kuros. it should be at costco soon. the retail on the 47" xvt lcd is 1899 and costco has it for 1399 and the retail on the 50" plasma xvt is going to be 1699, so I think that the price for that would be around 1299 perhaps... keep an eye out for that. and on top of that you get the 2 year warrant for frizzle and that 90 day return policy just in case you dont like it or see something else you like.[/QUOTE]
Oh and the Kuro was only $100 more, but i didn't notice any difference in PQ except a higher light level. I'd rather not go with a Vizio, my buddy has had one for only a year and it has darkened conciderably since then.