also know that not everyone has a need for 1080p.
I have a main TV for my living room, this will be for my bedroom. I won't be using blu ray on this one and there is no TV in 1080p so it would be useless to spend the extra.
Also, no stations have stated any plans that I know of to move to 1080p either. So unless you really plan on using blu ray or play consoles in 1080p, I wouldn't spend the extra money on it.
Save your money now, and in 3-4 years when it is used, TVs will easily be that cheap.