I bought
http://www.tacp.toshiba.com/televisi...p?model=51hc85 about 2 months ago at bestbuy, it was 1199.00 and so far it's been a great tv. Projection is an older technology compared to dlp and plasma, but I spent alot of time researching and from what I've seen (from friends, etc) that Toshiba has better picture when in HD than the 3 or 4 dlp tv's from different brands, even tho they cost over 2x as much. Only drawback is that it's big, but space was not a concern for me.
And yea, the cables were not something that I factored into the final cost, I was planning on spending much more than 1200, so it wasn't a big deal, but for the digital audio and dvi to hdmi cables, it was right around 180 bucks.