New addition.

The new LED backlit LCD TV arrived yesterday in all its glory.   It was the IPS model panel as I'd hoped rather than VA(less quality apparently from ugoogling).  Its a bit larger in the room than I'd though(55" goes a long way), so now I get to figure out how/where to wall mount it and we'll also start the hunting process on a new entertainment center.  Overall though I'm very pleased and a 1.2" thick TV is just crazy to see.

I started playing with the new features of course, and immediately upgraded the firmware.  Netflix integration works as planned and UPnP / DLNA is nearly as good as I'd hoped.  I'm having some trouble streaming full HD content from my HTPC(using MediaTomb), but that'll be something I can resolve with time if needed.  For now I'll just switch inputs to MythTV on my HTPC for any recorded HD content.  On a good note, the nearly 200 movies I have stored on the HTPC play just fine remotely, so at least its a step.

My one gripe so far is the HDMI-CEC functionality provided by LG(otherwise known as Simplink).  Apparently they only certify LG products, but I was really hoping to drop a DVD or Blu-Ray in my PS3 and have LG's Simplink give me control or ideally begin playing without me having to switch inputs.  Unfortunately though, it looks like it doesn't even recognize the PS3, so I imagine without a future firmware update, I'll be forced to manually switch inputs and possibly remotes(*sigh*).

So next on the agenda(in no particular order) will be to hang the LCD, get a new entertainment center, attic mount my antenna, clean up the cabling for all this, figure out a single remote solution(that's opposite sex friendly), and test out the optical digital out from the TV to my receiver(in hopes that I can keep from having to switch inputs on my receiver too).