Well I must say I'm extremely excited. I got the TV for 899.99 with free shipping through Second Act. I read a bunch of testimonials on neutral sites and felt confident in placing my order with them. I will definitely look into getting a replacement bulb or two and keeping it stored somewhere. I'd imagine there's about 35 hours of TV usage per week on average, and I could possibly stretch the bulb out to 5 years. Either way, I plan on having , graduated law school by then and having a job to pay for my expanding toy collection.
Thanks for everyones help!