First: kudos to Amazon for using "White Glove Delivery". Two guys brought in the TV, unboxed it, set it up, made sure it worked, and took away the packing material.

Since I was replacing a 65" Mitsubishi DLP (started getting white/dead spots), all they had to do was plug in the power and the HDMI cable that runs to my receiver.

The old TV took 20+ seconds to power up, which was very annoying. This one takes about 10 seconds. (Man yelling at his microwave oven: "Hurry up! I don't have all minute!!")

The picture is huge compared to the 65" set. It makes for an immersive experience whether watching tv shows/movies or playing video games.

My TV table/stand is about 30" high, which was fine for the old set but is too high for this one. I'll give myself a chance to get used to it, but may have to buy a shorter table. The 65" TV was deeper (front to back) than a plasma or LCD, but it never seemed that bad. The 82" TV is much deeper, maybe a couple... Read more

I thought I'd share my odyssey with this TV. It has been quite an experience.

TV Purchase and Delivery
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After several months of hesitation, including several hours of agony on Black Friday constantly refreshing the Amazon website, I finally pulled the trigger and ordered this TV. Actually, I had ordered the WD-82738, but Paul's TV called the next day and informed me that that model was out of stock. Would I like to be upgraded to the WD-82740 for free? I said, heck yeah! So, I ended up buying this TV for $1,799. Incredible! But this was only the beginning.

Paul's shipped out the TV and it arrived in 3 days. I was home that day as the delivery truck arrived. I watched from the window as a lone, older gentleman (he seemed like he was 70 years old) stepped out and proceeded to unload the TV by himself! I was mortified! One delivery guy, and an older guy to boot, trying to deliver a TV that seemed to me like it weighed more than a... Read more

The TV is huge, but the colors are a bit off at first, when you turn it on, it takes about 2-3 mins to warm up. Most people will turn it on for the first time and set it to HOME use.... my friend is a tech guru so I got him to come over and do a calibration with his laptop and tools, as well as the advance settings, and ever since then, it's been nothing but flawless with color and picture... speakers are weak, but we have 7.1 surround set up so that wasn't important to us... excellent buy, but make sure if you don't know someone that you find someone to help you calibrate it, simply setting the advance settings is great, but a professional calibration for someone who isn't tech saavy is much better.