I got my TV and things are fine. I have about a 10 inches on either side of the set and no magnetic interference. Thanks for the advice. By the way, in the interim when waiting for the new TV to be delivered, I took the old set out of the room -- leaving no large object between the L and R speakers. The improvement in the soundstage was quite noticeable. I certainly now believe that the addition of a TV monitor does compromise one's sound reproduction!
Video shielding for rear projection TVs?
I am thinking about buying a widescreen set, but room constraints will dictate that my speakers be pretty close to the set. I have a standard, tube set right now, and putting the speakers any less than a foot away causes problems. If I leave the speakers where they are, and put the projection set in the old TV's place, the new set will be about 4 inches away from the speakers. Is the effect of unshielded speakers (I have Paradigm reference 100s) different for tube and rear projection sets? Thanks in advance for any advice.