[eddie willers]

I would also stay away from power-hungry, heavy, plasma. LCD has improved to the point that it is almost always the best, least expensive choice.

I could not disagree more strongly.

The new Panasonic plasmas I looked at still had the most outstanding picture, was still hundreds of dollars less than comparable performing LCD (and there still is not an LCD that can go as black as plasma) and was shocked to see just how much depth and weight had been trimmed from older versions of plasma.

When the salesman walked me up to the new Panasonics I said, "No....not LCD, I asked you to take me to the Panasonic Plasmas".

He was nice enough not to call me stupid.

[John Valentine]

Thanks for that information. Based on your post, I can tell you that the next time I am at Best Buy, I am going to look at these new Panasonic plasmas.

I love it when things are improved, and if there have been improvements in plasma TVs, I want to know about it! Thanks.