[Porsche-O-Phile]

Why do you need a TV at all, seriously? I have a several-year-old LCD 55" flat panel that still looks and works great. It might get two hours of use a week - possibly a couple more with kids, video games, etc. factored in. I've actually been using it more to tie my MacBook into so I can sit on the couch across the room and work than anything else. When it dies I doubt I'll replace it - certainly not with anything so big or prominent. I never liked the idea of a gigantic idiot box being given the place of honor in every living room in America anyway (mine isn't BTW, but for most people the entire living room is designed around the TV). A couple of "tie-into when needed" screens off to the side for video gaming or occasional movie viewing for content that's not on a tablet or laptop would be fine.

I really do think the best TV is "no TV" or "limited TV". I truly hate the medium of television - it has done more to mentally impoverish us as a society than any other device in human history - Internet included. I'll be glad when network television finally dies off as an institution - the current on-demand / streaming revolution is an improvement somewhat but it's too little too late. I'm hoping a few of the networks (and carriers) collapse in the years to come. It wouldn't be a bad thing at all. There are a few good programs / shows out there worth watching but for every one that is, there are 5,000 that are utter garbage and which contribute nothing to peoples' lives.