LCD or not LCD

[kybearfuzz]

I've been thinking about buying a new TV for my living room. I've checked on some prices for different flat screen televisions, but am still teetering on whether to get an LCD or Plasma.

Any thoughts or opinions on which is better or worse? Any particular brands you'd recommend or warn me to stay away from? Glowing stories? Horror stories?

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Addendum about plasma

[ricksf.livejournal.com]

A bit more about plasma -- My work client talked themselves into buying 4, 50" Panasonic plasma display units some 4-5 years ago (when plasma was much more cutting edge). The unique aspect is that these units are run 24/7 (i.e. Dr. Destructo mode). One unit blew up shortly after the warranty expired, the other 3 have had smaller issues but are still alive. Picture quality is spectacularly sharp, color is accurate. Three of the units were mounted in a smaller room here. The heat the units generated was so extreme that the roof mounted A/C unit had to be upsized!

Bottom line, I like LCD, for a reason!