I'm aware of the thread at AVS, but I've also seen calibrated CRT sets with my own eyes and overall they don't compare favorably to my SXRD set, imo. I understand that CRT's have superior black performance, but my SXRD is very close to as good in that regard and is superior in other ways (resolution, viewing angle, brightness, inputs, etc.) I expect my set will continue to perform well, though I'll report here if it doesn't. It has an early '07 build date, and those sets are widely reputed to be fine in terms of their color uniformity performance. I've done the acid tests on mine to see if the flaw exists and it doesn't (often it isn't very apparent with normal viewing).