What is the best bang for the buck 65 incher?....

Looks like those Samsungs are full of quality:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1144869

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1200079

right now, vann's is selling a samsung 63" plasma for $2500--free shipping. pretty incredible how low these prices have gone.

If you do a search through Bing..you can save BIG. Tiger direct has a 63 inch Samsung plasma for $2500. After the Bing cash back you get it for just over $2200. I'm sure there are some other online stores with similar deals through Bing.

Look for a deal on a Sony 55" XBR8. They are expensive.
I am pretty sure they are the only TRIPLE color backlit LED
made to date. All are white LED's. XBR8 has red, green and blue LED's.

I have never seen anything in LCD even come close. The best blacks you can get on a LCD and great build quality.
I am much more of an audiophile than a videophile,
but I spent some time comparing the XBR8 with the two other
top brands in a high end store. Not Bright Buy.

The XBR8 is a nice set but the black crush is unacceptable. The new V10 Panasonics are markedly superior, deep blacks and all the detail is preserved. btw, you shouldn't determine television superiority in a store.

In any case, they don't make the XBR8 in a 65" size so it's moot. It's also too bad the 65" V10 doesn't have the single pane of glass design of the 50-54" models which is really nice (for aesthetic reasons only of course).