Looking for 42in Plasma TV Please help

Lej,

A the above post by you is pure poetry. Sell said!

Just pure opinion from doing research. I forgot that Htsteve has $6K to spend. 42" HD unit costs around $6K + S&H. If there's no money left, he can charge a Sony HD decoder for $700 + few more $ for good cables.

"For a beautiful picture, it's priceless. For everything else, it's Master Card." Citicards.

Thanks for the advice. I went to Andersons TV and saw the Panasonic 42PA20u/P . It was a 2004 model and it blew everything they had in plasmas away including the HD models from Panasonic Sony Pioneer and Fujitsu. Retail price was 4400.00. It had a sony HD decorder, Like I said it was stunning. Since the tech. in this field is changing so fast I think this is a good bet. Please give me your info on this . Would this be the best decorder for this since I really do not know that much about them and what cables should I use. thank you very much for your info Steve

Hsteve:
I found the plasma you cited for $3,799 at the following link:
http://www.dtvexpress.com/plasma-tvs/panasonic_th42pa20u.html
I can't vounch for this or other sellers though, but just thought I'd pass on the link as it's a good chunk cheaper that the one you were looking at. Best of luck

This new unit is much better than what I have. Mine is an old model that is replaced by this model. This new model has 2 more S-video inputs, 2 more component inputs, built-in NTSC, closed caption, scalable P-I-P, brighter ratio, over billion colors, alarm clock, DVI port, and speakers. Mine has none of the mentioned. On top of that, the retail on this new unit is $500 less than the old unit. What a deal! I wished that I had waited. The only thing about this unit is that it does not accept 720i signal. ABC network broadcast some programs in 720i mode. You can use standard satellite decoder box to scale down to 480i, or up to 1080i if it's a HD decoder. The new unit accepts either resolution.

For a better deal, check out www.justsayelectronic.com., which is a Deal Time Certified Dealer. From the Panasonic HDTV discussion, a very knowledgeable person on such web site has bought a Sony TV from them. Justsayelectronic.com listed the new Pana unit for $3200 + $200 S&H. The $200 S&H sounds seems like a standard fee of White Gloves. Call them to verify.

Do more research on regarding such unit on Panasonic.com, avsforum.com, & plasmatvbuyingguide.com

As far as cable, I am not familiar with DVI cable. All my video cables are from IXOS (England). Not your best, but better than Monster Cable in terms of price for similar performance, if not better.