personally, I'd sacrifice a bit of screen real estate and grab a 1920x1200.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824236047
Never been a fan of Samsung, almost through one of their techs through a wall when he told me the "HGTV" (wife watches it, not me lol) logo burn-in on a Plasma was normal and that it's not covered under warranty.