I’ll be in the market for one soon. We have a little one on the way and I’ve convinced my wife that we need to get ride of the projection LCD to make room for a playpen. LOL!
I’m looking at Sony and Samsung.
Got a preference?
Yep. Panasonic.
The new Samsung plasmas are cheap, energy efficient, and in some cases lighter than the same size LED. But if you want 1080p the cost goes up quite a bit. From what I’ve seen you can get away with 720p for the 42 and 50 inch sizes.
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I've been a diehard Sony man for decades, but I have to say I think Samsung has the edge now. I was in Fry's a few days ago and stepped over to the TVs just to get an idea of what's going on. I was blown away by a couple Samsung LEDs. Picture quality was superb and the thinness made for beautiful aesthetics. One of them looked to be about a quarter-inch thick. That one was way expensive @ $6K+, but others--still thin but not quite that thin--carried normal price points.
As an aside, the Samsungs had a 3D functionality that I didn't even know existed. They were playing an Avatar Blu-Ray disc, which was a standard Blu-Ray off the shelf, not 3D, and the TV was creating a 3D effect that I flat couldn't believe. The TV was capable of full 3D, with glasses of course, but this was WITHOUT glasses and WITHOUT real 3D content. It was amazing and I would think it would be an incredible effect when used on video games.