I have the HL-S6188W and its the shiz. I love it. We went with a BDI stand to put it on. Looks really nice. I took pictures, but never posted them. I will though.
When I moved to AZ, I only brought what could fit in my car...I was desperate for room so I sold my current surround sound setup to my roommates for dirt cheap.
The sad fact is, I can't really afford to get the receiver that I wanted or the speakers at the moment. There's too much other stuff we need for the house at the moment. But the house is prewired with speakers for surround, so I'll just use those at the moment. And I went with the Marantz sr7001 in the meantime for the receiver. I figured that should hold me over until they figure out all the hdmi 1.3 junk.
I got my hdmi cables for like $6 on ebay. I figure data is data so the cable shouldn't matter too much.