I Just moved back from Europe and now I am moving into my own place and I dont have a TV(cant really call a 1000 year old 22inch CRT a proper tv nowadays i guess), here are some specifics to work with.
budget : 2000
primary use: ps3 games and bluray movies (dont really watch television)
needs to be 1080p for obvious reasons ^
Room is square shaped i dont have specifics yet but i would guess from side wall to side wall is 14feet give or take a couple. to the right is a glass sliding door leading to the balcony but can be covered with blinds to control light. I am not really concerned about picture quality for regular television because i dont watch tv usually, but i am for the ps3 for games and movies. the 22inch crt i have now isnt doing the ps3 any justice. Best Buy has their mitsubishi 73 inch dlp tv's for $700 off, bringing it right to my 2000 budget. That's like 6 feet of screen. I am trying to find a hell of a deal and get the best bang for my buck. my brother has a samsung 1080p dlp thats 56inch and a samsung 720p 42inch plasma with 1,000,000:1 contrast, and my parents copied him and bought the same plasma themselves just recently for 800-900 bucks. both TV's look nice but my brother only watches TV and regular dvd's on his screens, so i dont know how they look for my applications. because of my extremely limited time watching TV on them just to see high def tv, i know that the jump is huge from my TV to theirs so i doubt i will notice any subtle difference from 20,000:1 to 30,000:1 contrast ratio or whatever, like some people who have extensive experience with HDTV's. I just say "wow that looks a helluvalot better than my TV"