I grabbed this TV last week when I was doing my retail visits for work at Sears. It was an open box buy and most stores have a policy against price-matching open boxes and the whatnot but who knows drag the receipt around and you might luck out. A total steal at $384.99 (yes the tag says $348.99 but that price was from the previous Saturday's 10% off sale) Perhaps this receipt might be of good use to someone to try and get this WEGA...
Just a couple random comments on the TV, its great, 3 sets of S-Video/Composite inputs plus a component input. It does the vertical compression for anamorphic DVDs (its not automagic however, you have to set it using the menus each time you wanna watch an anamorphic DVD). The picture quality is VERY nice, not perfect (there is some minor distortion in the far corners, most of the pre-set picture settings give a "false" sense of color, but a quick trip to the service menu will fix that for the hard-core purists) but the lack of a glare makes this a dream to watch. The only other complaint is that there is no "direct access" to each video input, there is one video button and it cycles through each video input (conponent is video 4 so its a pain to hit the button 4 times, then have to go to the menu to swtich to 16 x 9 vertical compression) but tis a small quibble. There is NO PIP (the KV-27FS17 DOES have PIP however)
Sears is a hotbed of open-box buys. While talking to some of the guys on the floor aparently here is their policy, 30% right off the regular retail price. Every 10 days thereafter knock another 10% off...which can make some nice buys...like at another Sears I visited for work this past Friday (they should still be there for those who are interested, its at Christiana Mall in Wilmington DE, WOO HOO TAX FREE) they had 2 (yes two) KV-36HS20s for $1650, these are the 36" Hi-Def ready monsters <SIGH> if only my apartment were bigger. Also at the Sears in Prices Corner, DE there is a 36" NON-flat-tube 36 Hi-Def ready TV for $1100.
Receipt