Pros: Beautiful 1080p display, from what I've seen - I have no HDMI sources, but using PC input was able to drive it to 1920x1080 with outstanding results. Now just need to convince the girlfriend that having a PC in the home theater setup is "cool" (I know, I'm fighting an uphill battle!). The tuner function has worked great as well, and optical audio output is spectacular (the tuner will decode Dolby Digital and send it downstream to your surround stereo). No ghosting detected to date, everything looks great.

Cons: I wish there were DVI inputs, as well as a second coax (so that you could dedicate one for CATV, and one for OTA antenna). But really not enough to complain about it.

Overall Review: I love some of the comments by people on here, not just this TV but others as well. Asking for PIP ability on the HDTV tuner would require a second HDTV tuner, which would not be a cheap task at all (and then they'd be complaining that the TV cost $400 more). AIT shipping kind of stinks, but it gets the job done. Basically a local subcontractor (to AIT) showed up five days later with the TV in the bed of his pickup truck. But there was no damage, and the guy helped moved it to a third floor apartment.

Pros: The Netflix and Pandora features are very cool. Picture is sharp, as one would expect with any Blu Ray player really. (Come on people, it's digital ... your TV is what may affect the display of digital data, not the player itself). Also, load times are fine - I know there have been issues with other players, but I've never used another Blu Ray player, and there certainly is not anything slow from a casual observer of this player.

Cons: While this player seems fine, this is probably a critique of the Blu Ray format more than anything else. When viewing on my 42" 1080p TV, I honestly would say the difference between Blu Ray quality and an upconverted DVD on my Xbox 360 is minimal. Of course you want to have all of the resolution you think you need, but - as I tell all of my friends - it's really not worth it at current Blu Ray prices. If you have patience to wait (I didn't, and completely understand those that think they can't), you should really just wait until these things are closer to a hundred bones. In the meantime, spend the money you'll save by waiting on something more likely to improve your life, like a kegerator ...

Overall Review: I have a couple of thoughts on Netflix and Pandora: Netflix: I may have some bandwidth issues (Comcastic!) but the player obviously cannot affect this very much. Compared to the Xbox 360, this player does a better job buffering if you're "on the verge" of not having full resolution. Basically it appears to buffer a whole lot more, which means you'll have to wait longer for the video to start but spend less time re-buffering as the 360 seems to. Pandora: This is actually pretty sweet. If you happen to have Zune (version 4) and a Zune Pass, however, it sounds like its soon-coming Xbox 360-direct-to-Zune-Service accessibility may provide the same Pandora does. (Just stick to the 360 if this is a big plus for you!)

Pros: * It's not an Xbox 360 (it's small and completely silent). * It can easily be concealed behind wall-mounted LCD TVs (an Xbox cannot). * It's energy efficient. * It works most of the time, on most channels (see cons).

Cons: * It works most of the time, on most channels ... meaning (a) premium movie channels are generally unwatchable (frame rate issues make bad video stutter) and (b) it occasionally crashes on the other channels (not a ton, but maybe once every ten operating hours?). * Don't count on it playing your video files (poor codec support, at least at bit rates associated with high quality). * Don't think you can power it via USB cable from the TV. * The remote is terrible. I replaced it with original Xbox 360 Media Center remotes. * One of the TVs I have set up with an Echo - an older LG LCD - has some issues with detecting the HDMI signal from its Echo. The TV basically goes into "no signal found" mode, and there's no apparent way around it other than randomly turning on/off both the TV and Echo until they handshake and see each other. I have not seen this with any other HDMI devices with this TV, pointing to at least some sort of compatibility issue the Echo has with older televisions. * Quality control is not a strong point. Besides the FreeScale (onboard chip) issues, I think they probably went too bottom-of-the-barrel in choosing an overseas manufacturer. Meaning, you may have to RMA (with Ceton). * All software development (firmware updates) from Ceton has completely stopped. Meaning, the aforementioned issues aren't going to get any better. Ever.

Overall Review: I have purchased two of these (both over a year ago) for my own home setup, and now six total for my in-laws' setup (yes, you read that right). Across these eight devices, two have had to be RMA'd (25% failure rate, which seems high). Since neither of these households (mine or my in-laws') watch premium movie channels, the annoying stutter qualifies for us as "not that big of a deal." If you are a premium movie channel viewer, however, then these devices are not for you. The gains to me of having a small box mounted to the back of a TV are worth putting up with its performance quirks, in my opinion (as compared to the Xbox 360). I would suggest having a 360 around somewhere else in your setup, too, as it is a more reliable extender overall. Makes troubleshooting a lot easier ("wait, is this messed up on the 360, too?"). Probably my biggest frustration with this whole product is what appears to be the demise of Ceton. They dreamed big (and marketed it to be big), and then played a game of rolling back expectations. I'm sure they learned a lot from this, and won't repeat the same marketing mistakes (big talk) going forward. I also wish they didn't show up in WMC enthusiast communities (thegreenbutton.tv) - where they've largely been absent since this thing started to show less and less promise - and talk about/post links to their pending legal matters with Gibson (that are totally unrelated to WMC). This is the opposite of operating the business with class.

Pros: Feature rich, very easy to set up. It's an IP camera for about a hundred bucks!

Cons: Motion detection algorithm is a bit flawed, at least it seems to be to me. Natural light changes (rising/setting sun) appears to set off motion detection, making it useless (for long-term operation).

Overall Review: I haven't been using this as a security device (yet), mainly because of the aforementioned issues with motion detection. I have used it for brief periods of time, and things as simple as time-lapse capturing what my dog does all day in our kitchen (very funny). I experimented with features like sending me an e-mail when motion detection events occur, but that's actually extremely annoying (a person walks by, and you get five+ separate e-mails containing a 1280x1024 image). My personal solution was to upload to an FTP server (in this case, my Windows Home Server). This worked very well, especially in the case of seeing what the heck my dog was up to (I then browsed the shared folder on my network). Overall, this camera is definitely worth the little money that it costs. Is it a completely polished "solution" device? Probably not. I would put this product into the category of "lots of features, none of which that it performs exceptionally well." Again, it's a hundred bucks!

Pros: Features, features, features! While this is my first security-oriented camera, I don't think I'm easily impressed ... but this thing does not leave much to be desired in my opinion. Want to set a schedule (say, when you're at work, week days) to have this thing monitor a door and - if it detects motion - send an e-mail containing a video or image, upload the same to an ftp server, or upload to a web site (although I'm not sure how this last one works yet)? It does all of these and does not leave anything to be desired in the feature department, in my opinion. Read the cons to see why this is potentially a mixed blessing. I am very impressed with the "area" of the CCD to detect motion. It is not "all or nothing" by any means, you can easily set the detection window(s) to be as small (or big) as you like.

Cons: While this thing is feature-rich, the documentation is anything but rich, as is navigating the settings side of the user interface. If you're not a hardcore techie, enlist the help of somebody else getting it setup at least the first time. You'll be able to monitor it okay - they did fine making this side of it - but trying to navigate the settings in say the e-mail sending trigger is a bit hairy if you're not familiar with various protocols (like SMTP). Of course if you're already knowing that you want to upload pictures to an FTP server, you certainly possess all of the knowledge you need to make this thing work for you. My only other con would be that the night-time LEDs are, well, not exaclty inconspicuous if that's what you're after. Meaning, they're not entirely infrared, there is a dark red glow to them for sure ... if you expect this to be not just functional but completely hidden to a would-be intruder, you might be a little bit disappointed by the ring of LEDs.

Overall Review: I am really, really impressed. Probably a great way to augment any security system (or arguably replace?). Don't get a call from a company like ADT X minutes later saying there's activity (potentially a false alarm) in your home. Have this thing send you an e-mail with a video and/or pictures, and see what's up for yourself (and call the police yourself if need be). Furthermore, I'm guessing the police will be a bit better responding if you call them saying you can actually see someone inside your home, as compared to a "house check" call from ADT. They want to catch property thieves, not do "house checks" to find 9 out of 10 of them are false positives. My only decrement of an egg is for the unclear documentation inside the settings side of its web page. If they clean this up and make this more user friendly, this is a must buy for this price.

Pros: Before you read this, keep in mind that I have not bought a GPS device since a real old-school receiver about 13 years ago. However, I do work on spacecraft for a living. - Perfect reception of GPS signals ... while I live in the southwest (relatively little obscura) I am presently on a business trip to the Boston area (relatively high obscura) and this thing has no signal issues. Even driving through the Boston-area tunnels maintains signal, however my suspicion is this has to do with some sort of repeaters in these tunnels than anything else. - Points of Interest (POIs) are overall amazing. The area I am currently visiting for business is completely unfamiliar to me. It is pretty awesome that I can hop in my rental car and select different types of restaurants (down to "barbeque" for example) and it will lead me there. - MSN Direct seems to work as advertised, although I'm not sure how useful these very short news summaries are (just tune the radio to AM!)

Cons: - MSN Direct and its traffic information ... while seemingly accurate it's not clear to me how to deal with it other than just accept it as "okay, I'm going to have to slow down ahead." Plus, the utility of this is questionable as I'm seeing in the greater Boston area ... if you live here you probably already expect congestion during rush hour at certain areas. I doubt this service provides anything new to anybody who lives here. Also I question how fast it is in updating such traffic information. While sitting in stop-and-go traffic for 10 minutes this morning on I-95/128, the device announced to me "slow traffic ahead!" ... thanks Garmin, you really know how to rub it in! - I guess I shouldn't be surprised by this, but POI distances are "as the crow flies" NOT total driving distance for the shortest drive (which would be more convenient). For example, the device told me I had 7.2 mi to a BBQ in Boston, total driving distance was actually 23 miles to get there the fastest.

Overall Review: Overall, I can't imagine anyone having beef with this device. I haven't tested all the Bluetooth garbage yet, as I actually have no bluetooth phone. But come on, it's sold as a navigation device ... Garmin shouldn't try to sell it as anything other than this, nor should anyone expect this thing to walk their dog for them. The bottom line is that this device does its intended main task perfectly.