The seller delivered it tonight. He knocked $25 off because I thought the rear tires needed tubes or Slime. They aren't flat, but have a slow leak. Man, those L118 rear tires are WIDE! I learned that he bought it form the JD dealer instead of the big-box store, and that he bought the service plan from them. The dealer did all the service for the first 3 years. It is in excellent condition, with minor scuffs on the body. It runs like a sewing machine. The 20HP V-Twin feels stout when running the 42-inch deck. I LOVE IT!!! I love this L118!

I've got the 3232xlfi. Still waiting for the cabinetry panel, but without the panel the machine isn't as quiet as I thought it would be. I chose this instead of Miele or another brand for it's supposedly quiet function. I also liked the stemware racks. I got it for about $800 through a buying club, I think it would have been about $1000 - $1100 if I were buying regular retail. The cleaning is okay -- not great -- just okay. I think you can get the same if not better cleaning with a cheaper dishwasher. I do have lots of wet things come out at the end of the cleaning cycle. Also, there are these baskets in the base that hold food particles and they have to be cleaned. I wish I realized that, I might have preferred a dw with a different grinder/filtering system. There is also what Asko calls a "sump" in the bottom, and it is normal for there to be a few inches of water sitting there, even when the machine isn't running. It just seems dirty to me to have dirty water sitting in the machine when it's not on. I'd rather the machine be totally empty when not in use. I will say the Asko customer service is excellent, the phone lines are staffed by fairly well informed and nice helpful people. And when I needed service, it's under warantee still, the service people were very good. I personally wouldn't buy another one though. I wanted the integrated panel and it was one of the brands that were to take a panel easily. If you don't care about the panel, pick another brand.

HDTV's are like computers. There are always going to be bigger, better, and cheaper ones (regardless how long you wait). As long as a 50" size is what you want and you are seated the proper distance away, you should get excellent performance from the Pioneer Elite. Pioneer and Panasonic will also be releasing 1080p plasma sets. The 1080p Pioneer 50" plasma set will be expensive and will only be a monitor. It will probably be available by the end of June between $7,500-$8,500 (depending on where you get it). As far as SED HDTV's, who knows about the delays in getting them to market. They will also be evn more expensive than similar-sized plasmas (afterall, Canon/Toshiba have to recoup their R&D costs and make a profit). A good guess would be at least 10K for a 50" set. Panasonic and Pioneer have the benefits of having a tried and true technology that has been used and refined for more than a decade and also the economy of scale that comes with their position in the marketplace. It will take a long time for SED to catch up. Now if you are willing to wait and go without the pleasure of watching this year (and also pay the SED premium price), that is up to you. Much depends on whether you want to buy 1080i plasma (which are currently available), or wait until late summer for the 1080p sets from Pioneer, Panasonic, Hitachi, and maybe even NEC. As long as you have a progressive scan dvd player with HDMI or DVI, you should be fine for now. The first Toshiba HD dvd players show a great picture, but have numerous performance glitches and are missing some features, due to their rush to market. Later in the year when Sony and their Blu-Ray followers release dvd players and the hopefully improved HD dvd players with more realized features come to market, would be a potentially good time to think about a purchase. Since Sony will be releasing the new Playstation gaming system later this year and equipping it with Blu Ray, that could give it a big advantage over Toshiba and the HD group. Plus more studios are backing and will be releasing Blu Ray titles than HD--although I am sure many will release in both formats. Personally, I'd wait until the format war shakes out a bit and we see who is left standing. Even though Toshiba with the HD format is first out of the gate, there are few releases for them. Sony has the advantage of owning a huge studio with its own releases, plus including Blu Ray in the PlayStation gaming system. If only one system ends up making it, I would bet on Bluy Ray.

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