To Plasma or not to plasma... Questions.

Ok,

I figure I can't be the only person going through this so I will relate what I have found thus far.

Plasma - For coolness factor, it takes the lead in a big way. However, there are a lot of issues, including - and this is the biggest for me - the inability to repair the thing. Picture quality is great, convenience is outstanding, the technology has a lot going for it. But $3K plus for something you can't repair is a real concern for me.

LCD-RPTV - this is pretty cool too. Although I was a little distracted by the pixelization on the one I saw. Also, the unit had some problems with skin tones in dark scenes. For the most part though, the picture was great. Only 16" inches deep, so the foot print for the size of screen was impressive.

DLP - I saw one of these this weekend - SAMSUNG 43" Tantrus. This was a sharp looking unit. Excellent color, no pixelisation on what I saw - Componet output from a progressive scan DVD of Finding Nemo. Color saturation looked better than the LCD, in fact the color was pretty much outstanding. Hadn't seen on of these beofre. Anyone have one? Any experiences? The reviews I saw were favorable - although I read there was a problem with the color being too green for some reason. I have also read that unless you are eye level, the picture becomes hard to see. That is, if you are sitting below the picture like watching it from the floor, the picture basically disappears That could be problematic as ideally the set will be sitting about 4 feet off the floor and I often sit below that level to watch TV.

So where am I at. So far, I am at a stand still! Although I think I have moved away from the plasma because of the repair issue. So that leaves me with the DLP and the LCD - RPTV. Both are around the same price point - say $4K where I live. Brands will be either Panasonic or Samsung as those seem to be the ones available here. Here being Bermuda for anyone who cares to know that.

Probably going to purchase mid late March so I have some time left to look around a bit more. I also have a trip up to NYC planned in the mean time so I can look around up there too.

I'll keep you posted. Also would love to hear anymore comments and other people's expereinces.

Thanks

Yam