Despite the short comings noted previously in this review, this display produced some amazing 1080i images.  So much so that I feel I need to start my viewing evaluation by posting this warning:  Images in this display are so clear and crisp they may cause your dog to become a couch potato and never want to leave the front of the television.  Just like in people, a good HD picture will make even a dog watch something they have no interest in.

Various HDTV Shows (via Comcast Cable)
No review is complete without a little HD Discovery Channel.  I think the guy in the closeup is from Mongolia - can't remember what the program was about, but I do remember the vivid pictures of the people and the landscape.  You can notice a little contrast issue in the shadow of his face where you just lose all detail.  This was a recurring problem with dark scenes or portions of a frame.  Office, besides being one of the funniest shows I watch all week, also has some amazing HD pictures.  They've got that almost 3D quality that once you've seen it, you wonder why anyone ever settles for less.  And then why even get a 1080p display with 120Hz refresh rate if you're not going to watch some sports!  We did notice that setting the Smooth 120Hz film motion setting to high did help reduce the blur of things like baseball pitches and volley ball spikes (thanks to the Olympics for providing the opportunity to view fast moving objects).

HD DVDs
The HD DVD Sound of High Definition is a sampler disk that provides a bunch of great video that makes a reviewers job a lot easier.  If you want to show off your HD DVD capabilities to your friends without having to get up 20 times to put in a new disk, I'd recommend you get this disk or a similar one.  Talk about clear pictures and colors that really pop!  The close up of the leopard and the elephant are also from this disk on the Safari 7.1 track.  Fortunately the dog was not in the room when the close up of the leopard came up!

Standard Definition DVDs (upconverted to 1080i)
One of my favorite series ever was the HBO special Band of Brothers.  With all the fighting scenes shot in the dark, its a great test of any displays ability to produce detail in dark scenes.  The display also had trouble with detail in the dark scenes of the Rush R30 disk.  You can see, the display did not do a good job presenting these dark scenes.  However, with material like The Incredibles, the picture really pops with anything that has deep vibrant colors.

Conclusion

While this display had some issues with dark scenes and probably isn't the right choice for anyone not planning to feed it a HD source, it also produced some amazing pictures during this review.  At this price point, I would really like to see more user controls to help with the color temperature and the RGB levels (though we're sure installers could care less).  While technically this display had some issues, it is capable of head turning, eye-popping pictures if fed the right source material.