So they don't have to price-match. That is the only reason. It is quite common practice.

My last URC was a battery eating POS. I sold on ebay for 1/5 of what I paid for it only a month later. I bought the "one" and am totally pleased. URC needs to go out of business already!

That thing doesn't shake a stick at the HarmonyONE.

Sharp LCD's are great, and improving, but the Kuro's are awesome. To bad Pioneer couldn't get it into the black. I look at the 5080 and my AAFES daily, and wish that they offered a 60" 1080P model here locally. That picture is as close to perfect as we have availablet taday. I hope that Pioneer can have Matsushita spec their glass our correctly in order to continue imprevements on the Kuro like. As far as LCD's, what a bunch of eyewash. LCD is far inferior to Plasma. This is a fact. Until the locally dimmed backlight led tech is perfected, similar to brightside, LCD sucks!!!

FYI, GOJ did not bail out Japan! Renault took a 15% stake in Nissan, and the reigns (Carlos Ghosn). In turn, Nissan has since bought a stake in Renault.

Pioneer is the standard in display technology. I am terribly sad to see them go. Grab up the Kuros while you can!!!

It represents the location of a shrine. It is commonly used in Japan and also is conosidered lucky.

Oppo had awesome engineers. They make the best DVD player that you can buy right now. I don't know about this funny looking POS though!

If this TV had a true 1080P input capability over HDMI, I would buy it in a heartbeat. It is a damn shame that this beautiful set must upconvert every signal it receives. A crying shame. Does anybody know if the Qualia 006. Too bad the HP is the only TV that will do this, and it is a wobbler.