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

Unsound,

For casual viewing I don't want to fire up my separates, so I rely on the audio from the TV. That may be true for more folks than you think. Sure, I could listen in great surround sound, but I don't really care for the PBS evening news.

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I ended up with the Pansasonic 600U. I'm pretty picky with stuff, and No regrets here.

Go with the 600U over the 60U if you want a PC VGA port that hooks up to native resolution 1366 x 768. Unfortunately, HDMI does not accept 768P (720P and 1080I ok) so hooking PC up via digital is not the best.

I've been using a 27" crt for what seems like forever and I think that a 50" plasma will be fine. My room isn't ideal for a projection because of the light, current house is a rental, and especially the WAF. It sounds like using separate conditioners/surge protection for video and audio is the way to go. Your suggestions Tvad look great and I was wondering if you compared the powervar to the brickwall and with what results. The audio side will be amp, pre, cd, and sub. I'd like to have a extra plug for a turntable in the near future. The video side will be plasma, dvd, and vcr(or a dvr). I also looked at the professional plasma's and really like the look of them, but I don't want to have to buy a hdmi blade and power up the separates every time I watch tv. Why would I want to use a vga input Goatwuss? Thanks again all!

Donbellphd, if you were firing up a front projector with a complete OTL set up I might agee, but, with a plasma, for the rest of us, it's just a flick of a switch.