Summation

[chuckro]

40" (or larger) HD TV: $1,000
XBox 360: $300
Final Fantasy 13: $60
Ikea TV stand suitable new TV: $200
Trip to Ikea: 1 day plus borrowing/renting appropriate car (or +$100 for shipping)
Dealing with Comcast: ~several days of my life

Playing FF13: Priceless Apparently not worth it, after all...

Comments

[edgehopper.livejournal.com]

Suggestion: Assuming you don't intend to use the XBox for significant group play purposes, substitute a new 25" LCD computer monitor for the HDTV, and replace your old computer monitor. The XBox can then be plugged into the computer monitor, and you don't need a new living room TV setup, nor do you need Comcast to come out. This reduces your price to the XBox, the monitor, and the game (and an HDMI cable, if you don't have one already). Since I know you do significant Bittorrent video downloading, you add significant extra use to the new monitor.

[hyouneko.livejournal.com]

Depending on the bit torrent format, you can stream them to the XBox as well if you decide to go with the setup.