For me, I look at two criteria when deciding which media player to get: 1) Netflix streaming capability and 2) ability to play movies from my local library (backup copies of DVD’s, etc). Roku and Apple don’t do that. I think the Boxee Box will. I’m trying the WD Live TV Plus, which does and its only 99 bucks. There are many many more options those those discussed.

I completed our review of the Logitech Revue with GoogleTV and will be posting it later today at http://www.audioholics.com/reviews/digital-media-servers/logitech-revue-googletv

Overall I’m impressed, but it’s not nearly as polished as it could be. The hardware is excellent. GoogleTV, however, needs to function in a way that is a bit less convoluted, and frankly, I’m surprised it’s not more like the Android OS.

While I agree flat panels are far ahead of where they were just four years ago, I think there are still some areas in which they are still lagging behind the best CRTs.

I have a European 50″ Panasonic V20 but also a 34″ Sony HD CRT (1440×1080). Both calibrated by myself, Panasonic via regular menu, Sony via service menu.

Now while the Panasonic provides a sharper image, the Sony is more accurate overall. For critical work I would trust what I’m seeing more on the CRT than the PDP.

The Panasonic’s colour, grayscale and gamma fluctuates constantly depending on content/brightness whereas the CRT always remains rock solid. Motion is also an area I feel the CRT bests the flat panel. Although the picture is interlaced motion is a lot more solid and easy to track on the CRT. Then there are all the little niggles that come with the Panasonic like it’s floating black level and tendency for slight posterisation during pans or fast movement.

I do prefer watching content on the larger screen, my point is just that I feel there’s still plenty of room for improvement.