Sweet JC, I wish I got it for that price!!
The 1299 is a good deal in itself, especially for a walk-in/ B&M store.

All setup, looks VG, and she's thrilled!!
Turned the settings down to respectable levels for break-in purposes, and the pic STILL looks better that the CRT it replaced...

I see a couple things I don't dig too much(I'm used to studying the picture, I have the CRT RPTV sickness!! heheh), but she hasn't seen anything, and I'm not gonna say anything until she does, that is UNLESS it gets unbearable to me in the next 21 days!!
So right now she's VERY Happy, I will watch the things I've seen, and go to AVS and look over there.... I already saw one thing thats been mentioned there....