I'm reading these over closely, and here's what I see as being useful additions to the XBR800 over the XBR700:

- 720p support (native upsampling to 1080i)
- DVI input *
- memory stick JPEG viewing

* not all DVI inputs are created equal. I was once staring at the specs on some very pricey plasma monitors, and deep in the fine print, it mentioned that you couldn't run DVI at the full resolution of the monitor. You'd like to be able to use one of these things as a killer monitor for your computer, but it won't necessarily work.

Most importantly, if you can get last year's model for practically half the price, that's an impressive savings. On the theory that anything you buy now will be obsolete in two years, unless you need these features right now, you might as well save the money and get some other toys.


(And, while you're at it, I want to know how on earth you're supposed to handle a 300 pound TV set. Even with two people, that's an impressive load to move around.)