In the market for a plasma.........suggestions?


I've been researching plasma tv's for quite some time now and would like to hear any suggestions which brands to check out. My sitting distance is around 12.5' from couch to wall where I'd like to wall mount the plasma. The screen size would either be a 42 or 50 inch. Been reading over on avs forum and it seems many people are happy with the Panasonic and Hitachi displays. I've looked at the Panasonic th50px60u and Hitachi 42HDS69 and really liked them. Apparently though with the Hitachi, many people were having macroblocking issues in dark scenes. Do all plasma's have problems such as the Hitachi? I'd like to keep the purchase under 3k. Thanks for your help.
128x128bradz
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With that kind of distance from the screen, have you considered a projector? I recently went to one and with a 107" screen, I'll never go back. And it's easily doable in your price range if you buy used.
Bradz,

Unless you need your TV to hang on the Wall in a tough spot I would follow Jab's advice. The new LCD's are very good and the DLP's are superb.

Johnny
Man Plasma scares me with burn in issues, I hate to muddy the waters but I would only look into LCD, sorry if I wasnt any help.
If you can stretch the budget? look at the Pioneer Elite plasma
I got mine on sale for $4900.00 @ Tweeters Electronics
50" job to boot. GREAT product, no regrets. And the HD quality is amazing