All of the salesmen I talked to at high-end stores said that the picture on the flat-screen plasmas is still not as good as the LCD.
We ended up getting the Sony Grand WEGA 60" Widescreen Digital-Cable-Ready Rear-Projection LCD HDTV for around $3800. A little pricey, granted, but you can't beat the picture, IMO.
60" widescreen...only $3,800, eh? Hmmmm...
"Oh honeeeeey...can I--"
"NO!"
"Darn it."