Summary:
after spending months looking at many rear projection tv,s l found hitachi to have the best picture.I bought the 60ex39b[for canadian only] I was looking at the 61sbx59b. I found the picture quality between the 61sbx59b and the 60ex39b the same[60ex39b must have a screen saver put on].Speaker sound and quality is a different.Better speaker and sound from the 61sbx59b but I have a receiver with dolby cinema sound to get the same quality.

Strengths:
great picture low cost

Weaknesses:
speakers[but not bad]