Rock on. I saw the Philips one at work and it does look nice plus the Ambielight should help a little with eyestrain because if you like me you be notorious for not having enough lights on.
On the SED TV not being bigger then CRT... Well thats sort of wrong. At the last CES they announced that the plan was to ship out the first screens no smaller then 55" and all the Demo units are 36". Plus the technology is thinner and lighter. Though I do have to agree it always seems 2 years away.
On the whole Internet everywhere thing welp look no more
This is Verizons Solution I'm fairly sure that Cingular has a competing product. I know this has been out for a while and I've seen it being used by people in the boondocks. Though I don't know how well it worked there. Then I guess you could do an adhoc network so your DS's could use it. I don't really know. Or you could possible have a bluetooth phone and use the bluetooth connection to link your Laptop and phone together and sap off of it's Internet connection. There are possibilities out there.
Hope that was helpful.