its funny that you keep sayin Plasma is garbage, go down to any local tv outlet and they'll even tell you that niether one is better than the other

it's completely based on what you intend to be watchin/doing the most with your t.v.

Video games = Plasma, becuase the transfer of pixels on the t.v. are much much much smoother

and as far as that 'burning in shit'...that is true, but very rarely happens on higher end plasma's, adn also it usally only happens with in the first 100 hours of usage

both LCD and Plasma's dont burn out at differnet rates either, both have shelf lifes of around 60,000 hours of life before they start to experience shortages

also, the brand really actually does matter when it comes to T.V.'s

Pioneer shits on EVERYONE...like a 720 Pioneer straight up SHITS on a 1080i Sony

again, if you dotn belivie me, go down to a t.v. outlet, like a best buy and they'll tell you the same thing

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