[limacharliewhiskey]

I haven't gotten a HD-compatible TV yet, so I'm slowly doing my homework and research on the different styles of TVs, and right now, plasmas are indeed my first choice at the moment. I'm looking into a TV in the 42"-50" size range, and the plasmas seem to be cheaper than the LCDs. I've also been turned off by LCDs because I fear getting that one dead pixel on the screen. I've seen this on some LCD monitors and imagine LCD HDTVs to be just as prone to this problem. I've also read about slower response times to moving images on LCD, but I don't know if that is still an issue in current models.

I probably won't have it mounted on the wall, but the thinness of the flatscreen plasmas seems more appealing than any of the rear projection DLPs or LCDs.

I'm still 6 months to a year away from getting a HDTV, due to both cost and lack of knowledge on differing formats, but I hope to be an expert by the time I'm ready to buy that TV.