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I have done some research on the Plasma vs. LCD big screen choice. The LCD has a better picture in a fully lighted room and a much longer picture lifetime, from what I have been told. LCD's started out with much smaller screens but are now being made in much larger sizes. I think the LCD's will capture most of the future market.

There are two standard resolutions of high definition - 720 and 1080. The 1080 is a higher resolution by about 15 - 20% but most live sports events are shot in 720. Most people will not notice much difference between 720 and 1080 at the normal distances they will sit away from the TV.

Another choice to make is whether to buy an HD-DVD player or a Sony "Blu-Ray" disc player. Movies are now being manufactured as high definition discs in both formats but the two formats are not compatible. Both players will play standard DVD's you already have.

In many ways, this is the same kind of format battle we saw between VHS and Beta Max that took place at the beginning of video cassettes. Somebody is going to win. Right now, the HD-DVD players are about half the price of a Sony player. There are also some feature differences.

There's also DLP (in addition to Plasma and LCD).

I was at Wally World and looked at both and for me I liked LCD better but first I will see Samsung DLP and then decide!!