catching up:-)
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I prefer LCD (or have so far) because they had better screen lives and you can watch LCD in a room that has light. Plasma screen sucks if light is hitting it. And I believe LCD has (or at least had) a better viewing angle
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:-) I much prefer the contrast and richness of a plasma, and was waiting until I could afford the Pioneer... well I've got the waiting part down... OLED?
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If all LCD's had the glossy screen finish that Plasmas do people would be saying that they suck too when light hits them too.

If all LCD's had better blacks and no motion blur LIKE all plasmas then I can see all the hype. but....
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If you are looking for a non Elite Pioneer the 50 inch is around $1,900. The 9G is still far ahead of the curve.

OLED is Organic Light Emitting Diode, I am on my iPhone otherwise I would post a link :-)
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Once I got. The plasma in the house I didn't notice anymore glare than a CRT tv. At the store you notice it more
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Lets not turn this into a LCD vs plasma thread :-)
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Agreed, I actually own one. Its only because they don't make plasmas under 40":-) hahah
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I didn't mean what is OLED, just wondering if my waiting for the Elite will turn into waiting for an OLED. I have a small Sony Bravia LCD and the picture just isn't what I would spend money on in a larger screen.
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Now I know why my electric bill is so high. :-)
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Bottom line is the today's consumer wants lots of inches for little bits of dollars and really isn't interested in the picture quality.

This fact is evident due to the people that buy the $750 42 inch at Sam's club and leave it in factory torch mode with every setting at 100% and say "Hey it's a 1080p look how good it looks." while it's being feed with a composite cable and the colors are so over saturated that the grass on the football field is blue.

I am not surprised in the least that companies are dropping Plasma in favor of LCD, they are cheaper to make, cheaper to transport and move faster of the shelves due to the lower price.

I don't want it to seem like I am knocking LCD at all, there are some that look absolutely amazing when they are set up right. I went with a Plasma but with one of today's higher end LCD's I would probably be happy too.
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Lately Plasmas have been the bang for buck, not LCD's. Companies just like the higher profit margins of LCD's. Even though they're inferior when compared dollar for dollar, inch for inch in most A/B tests that I witnessed while shopping for TV's and helping people shop for TV's over the past few years.

Only thing LCD's offer is no burn in :-) Which is non-existent anymore.
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You can find great deals on plasma TVs if you spend the time to look. In which case if you're ready to drop a few hundred or thousand dollars on something you use hours a day everyday, why not do the research right?

Plasmas do produce the better picture. The general public just still believes they have horrible life span, high power consumption, and burn in, because it was true 10-15 years ago when it first came out.

I refuse to believe burn in is a problem, since I use my plasma as my computer monitor. Surfing the 'net all day hasn't made any burn ins yet.
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Bang for the buck maybe...but as far as out and out cheap I've yet to see a $399.99 plasma at the grocery store.
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Plasmas are really limited like 37" and up I think. LCDs are just cheaper to manufacturer if I'm not mistaken, so it's easy to drive the price (usually with quality).
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I have a 60" Hitachi director series plasma and I haven't noticed using more electricity. I think the newer plasma's have come along way when it comes to the power issue.
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My plasma has 100,000 hours until you get to the half life.Even then I don't the untrained eye could tell it is at it's half life.
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You're more likely to get a new TV before your plasma TV reaches the half life.

In any case, I think it'll hurt the market a bit since the "king" is retiring, but I doubt plasma TVs are going anywhere, at least not until OLED becomes affordable for the average consumer.
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I've had a couple friends with plasmas who have had burn in problems with comedy central and espn

I've only owned LCDs, and I "tune" them after I get em. My Vizio looks a lot nicer than a lot of my friends more expensive TVs since they never touch them after opening the box
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You don't see many 19" Plasmas either... outside of 'The Office' :-)
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