Precognitive Dissonance

Sometimes your arm hurts before the doctor gives you the needle.

I've been in the market for a flat screen TV for about a month now. Boxing day has come and gone and I still haven't bit the proverbial bullet. It seems I'm finding this a very difficult purchase to make. The problem is prices on these things are falling so fast that it is basically guaranteed that whatever you buy today, 6 months from now you will be kicking yourself because you realize the price of that thing has gone down by hundreds of dollars. So there it is, I'm prekicking myself before I have even bought anything. I was all ready to pull the trigger on Boxing day, but I didn't see any deals that wowed me (I have a very high standard for what qualifies as a 'deal'. What can I say, I'm Dutch). So now I'm hoping that the 'Buy a Big Screen TV to watch the Superbowl' sales will be coming soon and I'll pick something up this month.

FYI, for those who are interested, I'm looking for something in the 37-42" range, and probably LCD, although I haven't totally ruled out Plasma. Brands that I like are Sharp, Sony, and Samsung. I was originally thinking about going 'budget' and getting something like a Viewsonic or an LG, but then I was convinced to go 'higher end' so that the TV you buy isn't an obsolete piece of crap in 2 years.