Actually for once I may have to agree with pixie on this one.. I've seen many, many plasma's with outrageous burn-in in airport lounges and restaurants. You don't see this as often today as they have mostly all been replaced with LCD's.

There are only three plasma panel manufacturers remaining in the world; Matsu****a (Panasonic), Samsung, and LGE. Both Pioneer and Fujitsu-Hitachi are exiting the plasma market. The Vizio plasma's are sourced from Samsung or LGE, Vizio does not produce plasma panels themselves.

Although picture quality is outstanding on plasma, and burn-in is no longer an issue, the plasma market is very quickly dying altogether. Though I'd still purchase a 720p Panasonic over a 1080p Sharp, Samsung or Vizio in a heartbeat if they are in the same price category.

cheers,
elapsed