Why are LCDs more popular than plasma?

Well, I am just a regular schmoe when it come to HT issues...So, earlier this year I set out to assemble a solid HT. First up, was the TV.

I went to every store with in a 20 mile radius, and in LA, CA that is a lot….My brain got sooo full of the pros/cons/dos/don't that I could no longer think straight. So, I took a couple of weeks off and went back at it with a fresh attitude but this time I had one and only one criteria. Which one do I like looking at the best the best?? Forget about all other factors, which one did I like the best then and now....and I had a decent budget to accomplish this task too. However, other than the size a selected, if I was constrained by a less budget I think I would have ended up in the same category as I did.

I ended up with the Pioneer Elite 60" Plasma - 1080i. In the end, the only strong alternative for was the "non-Elite" version of the same set.

I am a huge movie buff and I was looking for something, short or a pull-down screen, that would make my home movie experience the most enjoyable. I won.

Yes, I looked all the available technologies, but when I went back in to shop that second round I was drawn to the Plasmas in a way that cancelled out all others...

Enjoy, John

If LCD works for folks for whatever reason thats great, just like if BOSE floats peoples boats thats great too, but for the critical eye LCD doesnt cut it.

I don't get the part about plasmas eventually burning out. Yes they will but after 60,000 hours it will be time for a new TV. That's about 20 yrs. at 8 hrs a day. How long do you think an LCD TV will last?

Actually Plasma units last longer then the old tube technology, people just never put a number on life hours.

I own a plasma, as I prefer the picture over LCD and DLP. However, that 60,000 hour number is just a theoretical number tossed out there by the plasma manufacturers. The technology itself is too new to justify if that number is actually correct or not.
FWIW, the power supply crapped out on my plasma after only 13 months. Fortunately I had purchased the extended warranty, so it was repaired for free. Unfortunately, it took Tweeter 10 weeks to repair it.....

Regards,
John