Considering how well the original Vandal Hearts did when it was released, not to mention the lack of high-quality returning/new IPs we have (or have not) been seeing as of late, it would be somewhat foolish if they didn't develop a Vandal Hearts 3. Although I think they should make it for both the PS3 and the XBox360. It should also offer the option of playing against another opponent (a real person, not the computer ai) in a somewhat of a 'chess mode'. I would buy that game in a heartbeat and I know of a lot of other people that would, too. New maps and storyline addons in the form of downloadable content would be another plus.

Please Konami, strike a deal with Sony and Microsoft... please make a 3rd installation of my favorite franchise of all-time! Oh, and use the people who created the first Vandal Hearts... the second game wasn't quite as good in my opinion. Maybe we should have a digital petition to send to Konami and Microsoft and Sony... that would be interesting to see what they'd say.

I have a 1080p 42" plasma. Smokes any LCD I've seen. (Panasonic TH-42PZ85U). It has pixel orbiting to prevent IR and I have not had any problems even after playing Fallout 3 for hours and hours. You just have to keep the CONTRAST down till after its broken in. Also has a less reflective screen than my old CRT (Sony XBR970). Plasma is the way to go for sure. Dont forget that Plasma does not have the viewing angle issues that LCD and DLP have as well.brian6751

It's funny you say that because I was at Best Buy last night talking to the salesman about the Panasonic (it was an early 2008 model) hanging on the wall, replaying the same clips over and over. Looking somewhat close you could make out the black bars from the widescreen movie on the top and on the bottom. I, of course, brought this to his attention. He said it can be fixed with most Panasonic models AND that it only happened because it is running from 9:30am to 9:30pm (EST - I'm in NH) -- that's 12 hours a day, non-stop! -- for the past 8 months. Considering what they put that flat-panel through only to barely see the black bars is remarkable, esp from the older models. As for myself, I only game a maximum of 3 hours a day, every other day.

Greetings, all.

I'm in the market to purchase a new HDTV (most likely on Black Friday). I'm well versed in the technology that drives Plasma and LCD flat-panels, but my experience with gaming on LCDs and Plasmas are somewhat limited, and this is where I need assistance.

I know and understand the main differences between LCDs and Plasmas such as LCD is better in lighter areas and Plasmas are better in darker areas. There's no real differences between 720p and 1080p as long as the screen size is under 50in (you'd have to look HARD to notice any -- I'll be getting a 1080p just to 'future proof' it for a while).

LCDs consumes less energy and are lighter than Plasmas, but Plasmas are known to have better contrast ratios, better color saturation, and deeper blacks. Also, LCDs (even with 120Hz) still have a slight motion blur effect with fast-moving objects in some games if you look for it, where Plasmas response time is almost instantaneous.

From my limited experience with gaming on either of these two technologies, LCDs seem better for computer graphics (that is what they generally made for anyway) or for gaming and Plasmas are better for a theater-like experience with movies and TV, but I could be mistaken.

The HDTV I'm looking for MUST have 1080p (for reasons stated above) and it MUST be at least 50in. My only concern is with the dreaded 'burn-in' issues that past Plasmas experienced (although from what I've researched, even current Plasma displays still have the chance of burn-in). I'm leaning towards Plasma because of their overall quality over LCDs (although that gap is very small these days, I know) but if burn-in is still an issue I'd just assume get a good LCD to avoid any problems altogether.

Which leads me to my question:

Have any of you ever played your PS3/X360 on a large Plasma display, and if so, have you experienced any issues regarding burn-in when it comes to leaving static graphics (score, health, ammo count; e.g. Gears of War or Resistance Fall of Man) while you were gaming for a few hours?

I don't watch TV and a only watch movies once in a while, so gaming is priority for me. Any assistance with this would be GREATLY appreciated! Black Friday is coming up and I need to figure this out fast!

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