RE: What to look for when purchasing a Flat Screen TV?
If you ask me Plasma is better than LCD, the only benefits LCD or LED offers is they are better for hanging on a wall as they are lighter and thinner. Plasma offer IMO a much better and more realistic image and they are cheaper but some of them do weigh a ton... The best thing to remember when buying a new TV is only buy FULL HD, some TVs are sold as HD and they only display 720p. Make sure you get something that has 1080p. Also make sure you use HDMI cables I see too many people with expensive TVs hooked up with component or god forbid even RCA cables. One of my friends was amazed when I gave him a cheap HDMI cable I had after he was using RCA for the first 6 months of having his 60" behemoth, "It's like I bought a new TV again" he said...
So if you ask me you can't go wrong with a 50 inch full HD 1080p plasma