Even though this TV is big, width-wise, it takes up less space than our old 35" TV, which had a huge 'ass' and stuck out from the wall a great deal. Eric used his bonus to get it, and as much as we watch movies and play video games I figured it was worth it. Does take some getting used to, though, and I haven't figured out all the different viewing screens, etc.
here is the model we got, but since we got it at Costco it was about $800 less than this site is charging, and we got the stand as well.