Before I say anything, let me start by saying I value your expertise and opinions. I have added this to other threads but maybe you did not follow up or maybe you ignored me. But anyways here is my situation. I currently have a anologue 27" Panasonic GAOO which to this day still looks awesome. I bought it in 95 and it is still chugging along perfectly. My home consists of 2 big windows on either side of my fireplace, a sliding glass door off my dining room, a window and skylight in my kitchen which is open to my living room and my entrance area adjacent to my living room has a huge 4 x 4 skylight. Lots of light. My wife every morning opens up all the blinds even on cloudy days to let the light in. And personally if she did not open them I would. Lets just say we both like (need) light. With that said, all that light even on sunny days does not leave my crt unviewable , but I believe it would leave a crt rear projection un-watchable unless we closed all the blinds (and put blinds on the skylights as well). Since me and my wife do not want to live in a dark room during the day and still want to view our programs why would a toshiba 34 inch crt widescreen at $1700 CAN including stand be a risk. They say crt's should last minimum 10 years. $170 a year is still a good deal. I know that these 34 inch widescreen crt's use to be $3500-$4000 machines, but now they are very affordably. Please comment but keep in mind that closing all the blinds during the day is not an option. Maybe a projection lcd or dlp will fit my situation better then a crt projection. If lcd or dlp will work in a lit room then I will get one, just waiting to see if the rumour about big screens dropping in price by 30% by year end is true.