Yeah, the Samsung story is from 2005. And many of those Google articles are from 2006... pretty much the same articles I mentioned reading over the last year or so. I do like the looks of the HP HDX, but I'm a bit disappointed that they wouldn't offer sli video as an option with display that size. Also my HP Pavillion zd7000 gets monster hot when gaming... even with various coolers/stands under it. If I run EQ2 & Vent at the same time, EQ2 gets jittery at lowest settings... and it blows like a hair drier. So I'm not sure I wanna go the way of another HP.
I realize it's kinda large, but my needs don't require it to be carried around often. I just want the option when I go to visit the inlaws. It use would be mostly gaming. Dunno, might hafta opt for the Alienware. I know it's a bit over-priced (does anyone order it with 4 gigs for $350, when you can add the mem yourself from Newegg for maybe $100?) but they have strong feedback/following and the case design looks a little more airflow friendly.