I purchased this TV 2 months ago and it is a fantastic set. From our seats about 10' away, I cannot imagine a picture being much better when viewing an HD show. For about $3K it is an incredible bargain. I have not had any problems with the bulb as others have reported with older versions. The Sony Memory Stick slot is great for viewing photos. My PC has a MS slot that I can dump the pics onto then show them on the set. I have even viewed MPGs off the Sony MS. There are 7 video inputs and the remote is simple. The PIP is very cool, you can smoothly make one picture larger and the other smaller, very fun.