>>The rear projection can't work well for such sizes - the light hits the screen at bad angle, can't look right. Specially if you aren't sitting exactly in front of it. It's obvious even when you just walk through the shop, they always look darker and lower in contrast than any other type.
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>While I agree, I must say that the newest crop have much better clarity and much wider angle-of-view capability than the old ones did.

Haven't checked up on them recently - maybe they are getting better. I'm actually not interested, just bored when my wife is picking stuff in her department, so I walk over to the entertainment isle, just because it's a bit techier :).