First off, this is YOUR TV. Get what you want, not what people on the internet tell you to get.
Second, you have some good points that lead to the point I should have made in my last post - CRT is still the best technology out there. The only reason people don't like it is that it's not the new technology and therefore isn't as "cool," whatever that means, and because it requires a deeper cabinet than the other designs.
8000 hour bulb life would only be annoying if your TV were on 24 hours a day for nearly a year. If you're watching that much TV you need a self help book, not a new TV
And yes I do think that DLP looks better than plasma. They both look fine from a distance but as you get closer the plasma's picture looks worse faster than the DLP's.
LCD panel IMO looks the best but you said you don't want that, so I didn't address it.