None of this stuff is performance-related. The litany of features places the set squarely, and superficially, among its peers, but it doesn't reveal how well or conveniently anything works. You get what I mean, right? Nobody's mind should be made up, or changed, about the quality of this plasma based on this list or on the other material that you've posted. You really should consult harder-hitting sites--AVS, CNET, or some of the higher-end video magazine websites--for informed comments about the Sanyo, if any exist. Otherwise, assuming that you're still interested in understanding what's at stake, you'll have to buy a test disk like AVIA, Digital Video Essentials, et al., to examine such things as its ability to resolve, process, and display color and greyscale accurately. Then you might ask, How comprehensive is its menu scheme? Does it allow each input to be calibrated separately? Can you see strange blemishes or noisy artifacts on the screen sometimes or all the time? Is its HD picture soft compared to that of other displays at its price or in its category? Do its standard- definition images meet your viewing requirements or are they too bleary, soft, and lifeless? Can you zoom 4:3 material sufficiently to fill the screen in a manner that doesn't lose too much information around the edges or distort the center too much? These are questions that would occur to me. At this point, you appear to be the only person in position to provide any answers.