Since we’ve moved into our new home, I’ve been itching to replace our dated 27″ CRT with a brand new 42″ LCD HDTV. I’m a gadget nut and usually am the first on the block to have such technological marvels as HDTV, but the $2000+ price tag was hampering me. Now they’ve gotten down to around $1500 for a 1080p set (some of the lower quality 42″ sets can even be had for under 1k) I’ve got the bug.

I’ve had my eye on this Westinghouse for a while, got excellent reviews over at the AVSForum and there have been some good deals on it posted over at Fatwallet and Slick Deals. Yesterday there was a deal posted where it was $1549 with free shipping & no tax at Crutchfield which is one of the best electronics sites as far as customer service and reputation out there.

I resisted. My emergency fund is lower than I want it to be, and I’m hoping there will be a killer deal around Christmas time (Black Friday possibly). But darn it would be nice to watch the baseball playoffs / start of the football season in HD, not to mention look very stylish over the fireplace. Ok, I know most people think thats tacky, but its my house and I’ll do what I want!