I have been doing a lot of research on HDTV with LCD & Plasma lately. Since we will be moving into our house again, a year after the fire, our previous CRT TV was melted away, all that was left was a metal frame, when I got into the house with my brother we were like, what is that and than we realized it was the remaining part of our old TV. But with all things that are burned, you get money through insurance to replace it. Now when it comes to choose between Plasma & LCD there are many deciding factors, such as the Burn-in factor on Plasma and the viewing angles on LCD, but as technology continues to improve these two factors seemed to be corrected also. Here are the TV's that I have purchased:

Family Room:

Panasonic TH-50PX600U 50 in. HDTV Plasma Television

- The ratings on this TV got very High Reviews, even though it doesnt display 1080p it only display 1080i. Really not TV will display true 1080p unless their display resolution is 1920 x 1080 pixels. Unfourtunately most HDTV's have a display resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. The bold number represents the true amount of pixels, hence why you will never truly be able to see the 1080p on a resolution with 768. The HDTV's that do come with 1080 pixels range from $7,500+ and for right now thats a bit pricy. The reviews on this TV also mentioned that the Burnin factor on this Plasma has been corrected by Panasonic, now if that's true or not seems to be seen...

Wet Bar:

Samsung LN-S2651D 26 in. LCD Television

- What impressed me the most with this TV was the 4000:1 Dynamic Contrast, along with a display resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels and it has not one but TWO HDMI inputs... The picture quality reviews on the TV seem favorable, so I will have to later comment on it, but for a secondary TV its not a bad deal. It also displays up to 1080i (for the same reason as specified on the previous TV).

My Bedroom:

Toshiba 37HL66 37 in. HDTV LCD Television

- This was by far my hardest choice. This is the TV I will be using most often, so no wonder this one was decided with a lot of research. What caught my eye first was that this HDTV was rated one of the best by Consumer Reports and after looking at, I must say hundreds of customer reviews that averaged 9 out of 10 stars, I decided to look further into this model. Now the Contrast Ratio dosent seem to be as good as the Samsung (only 1000:1) but is higher than most in its class (800:1). It will also be doubling up as my computer monitor, and the reviews on that were very good also. Pretty much when deciding between Plasma and LCD, the factor came down to that this TV has a PC Monitor Input (VGA 15 Pin D-Sub) whereas the Hitachi Plasma HDTV that I looked into didn't. It also has a display resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels, only 1 HDMI input and also displays HD up to 1080i.

I hope this helps a bit. Once I get to using these HDTV's more often, I could give a better review on each of them.