[Clock King]

Plasmas only really last about 5 years before degradation of the picture starts. Eventually, you have to replace it, compared to LCDs that should last 10 years or more.

[goldstategop]

With improved manufacturing techniques, they'll find a way to solve the plasma degradation problem. In the end, I suspect one will be hard pressed to discover a quality difference between plasma and LCD TV sets.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)