As far as I recall, Plasma is (was?) supposed to be a transitionary technology. Made it to market only because LCD technology wasn't there yet to make such large screens at required resolutions - and certainly not at acceptable prices. I suspect plasma will completely vanish from the market sooner rather than later.

I've only ever seen a few decent-looking plasma screens and they all cost well over US$20000. Even units that cost well over $10K didn't look as good as a CRT. And forget about anything under $5K.

The HD bandwagon is helping to sell a lot of barbage into homes of unsuspecting consumers. A lot of sets I wouldn't trade for my 4:3 standard def 32" JVC CRT (4 years old).

Bruno