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RE: Thinking of getting a Plasma TV

I prefer plasma too. The picture quality looks better to me than even the latest LCD types. Those who say plasma isnt very bright havent seen one cranked up all the way. Both plasma and LCD will get far brighter than they need to be. We have our 50" Panasonic in a fairly bright room, and it has no problem with visibility when set at the preferred calibrated settings (which are far from full brightness). The heat issue is far overblown, as well. I have to get my hand closer than about 6" from the screen to start to feel any warmth at all. While plasmas do get a bit warmer than LCD, it certainly isnt enough to worry about.
While Pioneer is always mentioned as the best picture quality out there, the difference today is marginal, if at all. The best value is Panasonic, and when both Pioneer and Panasonic are properly calibrated, the difference is vanishingly small. Screen burn in is not the problem it was with the early plasma sets, but we still dont use ours for gaming consoles (we got the kids a 37" LCD for the Wii). Reliability seems at lest as good as LCD. No problems with either (the LCD is an LG). My friends who own plasmas have had no problems, either.

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