I understand what your saying, however I had the extra constraint of I was getting this TV definitely before Jan 1, so I wasn't going to wait for the Super Bowl. And so I honestly have no idea how TV prices change historically just before Xmas, and especially with the doom and gloom of the economy how prices were going to play this holiday.
Also, this does save me some work be really getting other people like yourself who have insight to look at historical prices to go ahead and do that and share their opinion. And if your right, your right, the better you do in Inkling. Put your virtual money where your mouth is kinda thing, right? :)