I picked up a 65" Samsung high def for under 3Kus and have to say there is no tube on the market that can touch the picture. If you watch regular cable, or satellite then you will notice a difference in clarity of course going to a larger size for the worse. But I will take the movie theater feel and the slight blur over the larger pixel size on the big tubes any day.
In high def off satellite or progressive DVD there isn't a tube that can touch the film quality clarity of a rear projection I feel on a hdtv TV and this is where projection leaps far ahead. As for burn I have had rear projections over the last 10 years from a cheap 52" RCA to this now and have never had this happen on any of them. If you don't play the same video game for weeks on end or watch a channel for weeks on end with their logo on the screen I don't think this would ever be an issue. If you are spending that much I recommend future proofing yourself and going high def, projection.
my 0.02$
In high def off satellite or progressive DVD there isn't a tube that can touch the film quality clarity of a rear projection I feel on a hdtv TV and this is where projection leaps far ahead. As for burn I have had rear projections over the last 10 years from a cheap 52" RCA to this now and have never had this happen on any of them. If you don't play the same video game for weeks on end or watch a channel for weeks on end with their logo on the screen I don't think this would ever be an issue. If you are spending that much I recommend future proofing yourself and going high def, projection.
my 0.02$