Sony KP-65WV600 65 in. HDTV-Ready CRT TV

After waiting long years while furnishing the rest of the house, we finally took the plunge and bought the big screen I had been pining for. Probably the biggest decision I had to make was rather to get a conventionally shaped screen or a new theater style 16X9. This Sony is a 16X9 and fits the bill for me. One of my concerns was what a regular TV program looked like on this style of screen. No problem, the Sony has four different viewing modes, regular, with grey sidebars; stretched, which makes the actors look short and chubby; zoom, which enlarges the center of the picture thereby cutting off the sides; and wide zoom, which combines stretched and zoom and is my favorite.
One thing about a big screen is that it will definitely tell you how high or low the quality of the picture your cable company provides. Even small flaws in your picture quality are greatly magnified in a big screen like this one. Again, that is not a slam on the TV itself, but on the quality of my cable signal. I am now thinking about going to DirectTV in a bid to improve my quality.
What a difference in watching DVDs though. When combined with a decent Surround Sound system, it is as good as watching a movie at a high end theater.
So is it worth $2500-3000?? Probably not, but if you can afford it you can't go wrong.