Ok, so I went and bought the Sony KP-46WT510 RPTV the other day. I like it, but it appears a little dark to me especially when I move around the room and look at it from an angle other than dead center. So I thought I would return it and get the Toshiba 46H84, cause this set doesn't appear to be as bad, but again it has its own problems with white lines and whatnot. While I was at the store I saw the Sony KF42WE610 LCD that had an amazingly bright and clear image. I've heard some reports that regular TV doesn't look that good on the TV, but I'm more of a movie watcher, so not a huge deal and also there's the price difference. What do people think and what have people's experiences been?

P.S. ANother option, that I've heard helps some with the Sony RPTV is that I can take the glare reduction shield off and that should help, of course, this voids the warranty, and if I still don't like it after that, I'm SOL. What's the consensus people, need help, going crazy.

I will just throw out my .02.

LCD will always be brighter than an RPTV. Also the better the quality the display the worse "TV" will look. It depends on your signal source. If you have DBS or HDTV capability I would go with the LCD and not look back. Also might want to check DLP sets, personally I think they are better than LCD for a variety of reasons.

I'll also add my .02 to Brian's. Yes LCD sets have a more consistently bright image when viewed from varying angles compared to CRT based RPTVs. However there are only two true brightness levels. One is your preferred level and the other is the correct level when measured with calibration equipment or a visual judgment based on a test screen from a disc like Avia. You need to set up contrast and brightness based on the ambient light in your room to a specific level for optimal PQ. Or you can disregard that and set it any way you like in which case it doesn't matter how bright it is because your PQ will suffer as a result. This logic holds for any of the display technologies.