One thing to remember, is that alot of operating systems allow you to adjust the display DPI setting. Windows by default uses 96DPI, but you can easily bump it to 120 (even in xp). Also , windows 7 supports changing the display settings from "smaller" to "medium" (125%) and large (150%), though i've never tried them myself

on the 'large display' side, one of my colleagues just picked up a sony 32" lcd tv for $399 USD from amazon, that's 720p (i assume 1280x720 or 1366x768) for his home, second tv, but this would easily work for those the desiring large screens with higher resolutions. Also consider the low end/off brand LCD tv's too, as those are getting even cheaper.

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I agree with chk6 - rather than try to bring it back to earth (i assume it they are not going to attempt to actually bring it back intact), can it not be sent to the moon? The lesser gravity to minimize impact and lack of atmosphere to avoid entry burnup, might allow it to land in somewhat of a useful state. Not that I want to see humanity start littering the moon, but I would think having -some- sort of spare parts on the moon would be more beneficial than just crashing it back to earth.