I tried a 50″ HDTV. Very disappointed, standard TV looked worse and movies still looked very small when viewed on their original cinema format of 2.30:1. Solution, exchange the HDTV for a high quality CRT for regular TV and use a HD projector for movies or special HDTV events. The projector displays a 100″ image which allows to see all level of detail possible with HD. Think about this, you computer has as much resolution per square inch than most plasmas but if you step 7 feet back you cannot read from it anymore. When you are sitting 10 feet away from a 50” HDTV your eyes do not have the resolution to perceive all the detail. You either need to step 5 feet closer or go to 100” which will probably fry your eyes and wallet. A home theater projector allows this image size for a tiny fraction of the cost and it is easy on the eyes. The only drawback is that you can only use it at night.
