Has LED caught up to Plasma?

Last year I bought my first big screen television and spent a fair amount of time looking at LED, LCD, and plasma in 3 different stores.

Purchased a Panasonic 46" plasma; it was a no brainer.

Vicdamone - I find the + to be a bit quicker and fuller, terms which of course I have no desire to even Begin to measure :-). The best thing I like about it is being able to make adjustments, especially volume, on the fly using the remote and the display on the sub itself. That's a great feature, because some songs sound best with just a bit of extra bass, some with more.

Bill- If you get a chance to check out these Elite Pro Tv's, I think it will be well worth your time. They blow away anything I've seen both last year and this. They can also be adjusted to be almost "plasma-like" if there is such a term. I got mine from Robert, the Owner of Value Electronics in Scarsdale, NY. He's quite active on high-def forums and a genuine nice guy - definitely at least worth a call, if you're curious.

Isnt that like listening to speakers that are "almost smooth"?

I, on the other hand, am going to wait it out for a dozen or so technology evolutions before buying, and have decided to wait for fully immersive, 3D holographic, visual surround display technology, that places me in the middle of a virtual world of action and drama! ...ya know, kind of like the matrix?
Hey, why why buy now and settle for small increments of uprades? They perfected the flat screen with the Pioneer Kuro, for Heaven's sakes!
Take the Blue Pill...I always say.

I have a 55" Hitatchi Plasma that is 6-7 years old and it still looks fantastic... better than anything I've seen on the market today. The problem with a lot of the LCD/LED models that are out now is they have cranked the lighting Contrast up so high that you lose a lot of the gray scale. All the beautiful midtones (hence a lot of image detail) have been destroyed by lights that are too bright and shadows that are too black.