I ordered sharp 42d64u when they had F&F deal going on...
I haven't received it so I can't comment on quality of it.
I also donno if it will have that red text issue.
but I would assume 42 inch 1080p would be beautiful enough :D
If all you do is WoW... 8600 should be more than enough...
I know I run WoW on a rig with 7600GT with 24 inch dell monitor at 1900 resolution...
and I still get more than 30 fps and game looks smooth enough for me.:p
But then again, if you want something stellar number fps, yeah 8800 would...