Buzzing is something I don't think is dealt with enough by reviewers. Apparently it varies quite a bit with altitude, so the people sitting in New York and California doing reviews and hearing much lower levels than others. Also it varies with power consumption, so you can turn down the brightness and maybe activate a power saver function to try and limit the disruption--most of those things are way too bright to begin with anyway. Buzzing is a massive annoyance to those of us who don't keep the volume at insane levels. Plus if you're like me and have minimal furniture and wall hangings, the sound is really distracting and doesn't get dampened at all; if you have lots of stuff in the room (big curtains and the like) it can help a bit.
My old Pioneer plasma buzzed quite badly, but it did actually get better over time. It's still quite annoying to hear it in quiet scenes. My new Pioneer Elite still buzzes, but it's inaudible (even during quiet scenes or silence) 99% of the time. It too has gotten better over time.
Surround sound can help quite a bit, if you're sitting reasonably close to the surround speakers they tend to drown out the buzzing sound. Or you can just turn up the volume; that's what I did with my old TV and most of the time it was fine.
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