I've spent about 2500 in total. this inclueds my TV which was $1000. I wish i never saw this topic. I really didnt need to know this is how much i've spent just to play some games, and this doesnt even include my WII or previous consoles.

I've actually done quite a bit of research since I just purchased a new plasma TV a few months ago (58" Samsung 650 series)

Plasma's typically still have the clarity advantage over LCD's. They are also better with the color black. Meaning, black is actually black vs. a dark gray.

However, LCD's have come a long way in the past few years. Their picture is very comparable to that of a plasma. They also live longer than a plasma, but plasma TV's have made great strides in this area. My Samsung states it has a lifespan of 100,000 hours (or 11.4 years if you do the math).

The one thing you have to consider is the burn in, although they have included technology to pretty much take care of it (I have never tried to push the limits). If you leave a picture up motionless for a long time you'll notice it starting to burn in. However, newer plasmas come with 'anti-burn' technology, which may include pixel shifting, scrolling white screens, or something else to remove the burn. It works quite well and I have not had a problem yet.

So, I personally believe plasmas are still a superior picture when comparing to LCDs. If you want the best picture, go with a plasma, if you want almost as good a picture and don't want to worry about the burn-in, then go LCD.

However, I love my plasma and am very glad I picked it over a LCD :)

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Thanks a lot. I appreciate it. Ive come down to about the same conclusion. The lcd i'm looking at now is SAMLN40A550, and the plasma is http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11292507&whse=BC&Ne=5000002+4000000&eCat=BC|79|2341|3314|74670&N=4018655%204294908733&Mo=1&No=1&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&Ns=P_Price|1||P_SignDesc1&lang=en-US&Sp=C&hierPath=79*2341*3314*74670*&topnav= sorry couldnt find model number.

both relatively the same price, but considering i not to worried about burn in and the estimated life of this one is 100,000. i think this will be better.

I think you should go for LCD. I don't know why, but I have an LCD Samsung TV, and it's a great TV. Any one is good though.Ugotownedo

I've been looking at the samsungs and thats what i was originally going to get, but the more research i do the more i want the plasma. I'm just at a complete loss right know in what i want to do.

I'm looking at buying a new tv (37-42") and up to $1500, and needed to know if i should get a plasma or LCD. The tv must also be 1080p (thinking of getting a ps3 for blueray). thanks for the help.

ps. i tried this in the hardware discussion but couldnt get any help.

I was looking at buying one, and wanted to make sure it could play all he old games. I thought the 80 gig ones were but i guess there not. So which ones are. I tried looking but cant really find any clear answers. thanks for the help in advance