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I'd have to recommend a Samsung as well. Given similarly sized sets, a Samsung will definitely give you better bang for your buck than Sony usually will, and you're by no means losing out in any way in terms of colour or overall picture quality.
Also, while more and more stations are broadcasting in HD/widescreen, remember that the majority of TV signals here in the west are still broadcast at standard ratio (4:3). With a widescreen TV, that means that you'll get the "empty" black/grey bars on the sides of the screen. With a plasma TV, every part of the screen is always "on" even if there's no signal. Prolonged use of the TV in this manner can, and has, lead to the image quality on many plasma TVs to get royally fucked (not just on the side parts, but on the entire screen). If you get an LCD screen, you've got nothing to worry about, as those pixels are simply turned off because they're not getting any signal. Since said pixels are just turned off, you don't have to worry about the rest of the image quality getting fucked.
Also, while more and more stations are broadcasting in HD/widescreen, remember that the majority of TV signals here in the west are still broadcast at standard ratio (4:3). With a widescreen TV, that means that you'll get the "empty" black/grey bars on the sides of the screen. With a plasma TV, every part of the screen is always "on" even if there's no signal. Prolonged use of the TV in this manner can, and has, lead to the image quality on many plasma TVs to get royally fucked (not just on the side parts, but on the entire screen). If you get an LCD screen, you've got nothing to worry about, as those pixels are simply turned off because they're not getting any signal. Since said pixels are just turned off, you don't have to worry about the rest of the image quality getting fucked.
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