Buying a couch shouldn't be like this

So we need a new couch, because ours are ridiculous. We got ours from friends who moved away years ago. Are you picking up what I'm putting down? We are using used, castaway couches that were our friends' basement room couches when they gave them to us. And we've been using them for years. And they're terrible. So take that into account, and add in the fact that I want a new TV. A big sucker. Plasma. One I can hang on the wall. And you've got a recipe for couch + TV shopping. We went to just two stores, and I'm exhausted. I hate shopping. And I really hate furniture shopping. Those swarmy places that have the guy following you around. "My name is Mike. If you need me I'll be right over here." Wait 45 seconds. "Hi, my name is Mike. Let me know if you need anything." After 2 whole stores of that, I'm ready to buy any of them just to be done with it. But how can there be so many couches all costing so much money, and they're all just mediocre? Why can't I find a couch that's beautiful AND comfortable? Why? Why? Why? I ask! So I think I'm going back to store #1 tomorrow to get the mediocre charcoal microfiber sectional couch that comes with a 50" plasma. Because I just don't have the stomach for this. The good news? Beerman has mentioned getting a Playstation to go with it twice now. I've declared Beetlejuice rules on this - if he mentions it a third time, I'm all in. Because talking big screen and Playstation to me is like waving bourbon in front of someone only up to the second step. Hell, you'd think I was the dude in this house...