I went through 7 plasmas in less than year.
Two Hitachis, two Vizios, one LG, one Panasonic and one Samsung.
I will never buy another plasma again.
I went with LCDs, instead.
I now have a 37” Sharp Aquos [gorgeous] which I use as a PC monitor and a 42” LG which is pretty nice too but not as great as the Sharp.
Plasmas get “burn in” really fast if you’re not careful.
Mine all got “History Channel” perma-logos in less than a month and the Hitachi’s connections just simply “burnt out”.
Neither the Vizios or Samsung were anything to scream about, either.
The Panasonic was miserable to watch.
[Google “putty face + plasma”...it’s horrible to watch any movie with a lot of dark colors in it]
I will always buy the LCDs.
Just my tuppence tossed in.
My 40” Sony XBR1 in the bedroom has a computer attached to my N wireless network with a wireless keyboard and mouse. I just used it to type this post while laying on my back scratching my....