2. Mitsubishi LaserVue 65-inch HDTV

If you've got several thousand dollars to blow on a TV, chances are you've also got all kinds of other ways to entertain yourself. But this is, quite simply, the best TV money can buy. The first HDTV to use lasers for its display, the LaserVue has a wider gamut of color than any TV on the market a palette that rivals films in movie theaters and consumes two-thirds less electricity than similar-sized LCD and Plasma HDTVs. Price: $7,000

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