For picture quality, vibrant colors, etc it used to be plasma hands down, but these days LCD has caught up and is now pretty much equivalent to plasma in those regards. I'd recommend LCD because it uses much less electricity than plasma. Just look in person and compare LCDs on major brands like Samsung, Sony, and Panasonic. Samsung is my personal fav. They probably make the best LCDs right now. For plasma, Panasonic is the best. Both are very affordable right now in 40-46" sizes, but scale up in cost rapidly at 50 and 60+ inch sizes. If you really want affordable BIGscreen HDTV, I'd recommend DLP, tho' I know that the Panasonic 42" and 50" plasmas are VERY well regarded. The Sammy LN46A750 is an excellent overall choice.

I have an early 61" Sammy DLP and yes the black levels aren't very good, although overall color and brightness, resolution are nice. I also have a 40" Samsung 1080p LCD that I bought this past spring/summer (LNT4061F) and the blacks on that are inky super jet black, its sick...They have come out with at least 1 generation since this one and they are even better now, you really can't go wrong with a Sammy LCD. You can get a 40" 1080p LCD right now for around $1000, a good size for watching TV, but if its for movies, go 50-60" maybe 50" if you will have speakers along the narrow dimension of the room and not watching from too far back.

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I lean towards LCD's. I've seen Horamir's LCD. It rocks to no end.

Also, a LCD tv can make a pretty good monitor for WoW..... if you're evil enough.

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Also wanted to point out that plasma's dont have a long life for the money you pay. LCD's are the way.Get warrenty:D
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Thanks for the advice guys. I won't tell you which model I bought for a month or so but then I will give you a full review. That should give me enough time to get the PC down there and hooked up to it as well as watch a few blu ray movies

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Have a friend back home that bought a 60" LCD Sony Bravia for the sole purpose of playing wow and his 360 on it. The resolution and picture quality is so clear you could believe that it was a window into an alternate dimension. In terms of inputs and lifespan LCD is the way to go atm. Make sure to get an extended warranty where ever you buy it and remember, you are buying a big ass tv / investment. A few extra dollars now will be worth it in the long run

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About 2 years ago we bought a 42" Plasma for our living room and a smaller LCD for our bedroom - the plasma has an unbelievable picture...it is far superior to the LCD. Both are HD with HD satellite receivers - I generally (being a woman) dont get into all the hype over size, numbers, etc. as long as I get to see the show I want to see....but if either my husband or I had to choose one over the other, we both would choose the plasma.

My two cents

Ok... To add more confusion to this debate.

That 67 inch 1080P DLP with LED Horamir just got?

Best picture I have seen so far. I mean, he was playing some Lord of the rings dvd's, and the picture FAR surpassed the movie theater.

the LED lamp is also good for something crazy like 60,000 hours.

The color depth, blacks/bright colors was incredible.

Also, DLP is Cheaper these days as LCD tv's are the "in" tech.

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