pioneer's have the best plasma's.
if you can't afford pioneer, look into panasonic plasma's.

LCD's are toss ups from Sony, Samsung and Sharp. I would prolly go with Samsung they have highly rated LCD's and are always a couple of hundred bucks cheaper than Sony. Sony you're always payin an extra for the name Sony. Don't get me wrong, the XBR's are nice and have watched a 65" XBR, but it's not worth the extra.

if you are looking into size. anything > 50", i would look into a DLP. either Samsung or Mitsubishi. You are looking at what you pay for a 40" plasma-LCD for the size of >50"

i personally have a 56" Samsung DLP full 1080p. cost me $1600 last year.
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