Hello to my old friends! I believe the 'ol braintrust is still active at AR, so I have a few questions for you:

1) I need a new set for the master bedroom as my 32" Hitachi just gave up the ghost. It needs to be < 42" otherwise it won't fit in the armoire. This is not going to be for a secondary HT. It's not even HD, although I have a feeling I'll need to upgrade that. I do NOT want to spend a lot of money on this as I rarely watch TV in the br. $500-700 preferred.

2) I have an older DirecTV MPEG3 HD receiver in storage, can I use it on the new set or is all of DirecTV's content MPEG4? Am I going to have to upgrade the current receiver to HD?

I can't wait for the better pricing in the fall on this one, guys. The wife watches totally different things than I do, and I'm not about to keep up with the Kardashians, see what the Real Housewives are up to, or fret over who the Batchelor is going to pick. For the sake of marital bliss, we need to address this pronto.

Thanks for your suggestions and I hope everyone is doing well.

ts