HDTV : To buy or not to buy?

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I was considering a 51" digital projection CRT HDTV by Hitachi a while back. At $900, it wouldn't break the bank - and quite frankly, despite it being huge, it's picture quality was as good as any LCD, Plasma, or DLP that was $2000 or less. (after properly setting it up - I swear they hijacked the settings to sell the more expensive TV's..."Oh look, that cheap one looks crap. Can I interest you in this $2500 model.")

Didn't get it though. Truth is, I don't watch much TV at all, besides the occasional movie with my G/F. Now, what I really need is a new, larger monitor. 17" just doesn't cut it these days. I'd imagine having a 2nd monitor would, if not make it any easier, make coding a lot more convenient at least.