I just purchased a 42" samsung plasma last week for my new place in jan.
We were leaning towards an LCD until the saleswoman started asking me questions like how much sports do I watch and about the lighting in the room.
She had also mentioned that it had the same life span as the others (LCD,LED) which was 100,000 hours. I was told not to buy plasma before I went looking because of over heating issues. I did ask her about that and she said with the new technology now it isn't an issue. I hope she's right and I did give her the benefit of the doubt because in all honesty, I know nothing about TV technology.
Its hard to say from the replies if I made the right decision.We will see I guess.
There are some great deals right now TV's tho....Wow..
TDunn