Go for the 7! Mine worked beautifully after only a basic recap. Some day I'll go back and do a complete setup (convergence, etc.) but the picture looks so good that I'm not very motivated.
Did that "tabletop" come with spindly wooden screw-on legs like my CTC-11, or was is truly intended only for tabletop use?
Phil Nelson
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