TV's. . . lcd, plasma?

[Monsterlover]

Just remember, when looking at TV's in the Store's the various manufacturers will pump up the brightness, colour and contrast, to grab your attention and make you think there's is the best. Also the area that most places have there TV's are to bright, a lot brighter than where you would run them at home.

For the record, we played with the various "modes" and contrast.  The LCD and LED tv's were bright.  I suspect in a dark room they'd be painful to look at.

The plasma, as I mentioned was darker, and (I thought) had more accurate portrayal of skin tones.  The same picture on the LCD/LED reminded me of what I'd see if I were actually on the sound stage (we watched a cooking show) and looking at people under bright lights.

The LG plasma seemed to be a good compromise between lack of dark/hazyness that the other plasma had, and it also had good bright color that didn't seem like it would burn out our retinas.

Would I be right in thinking I should take a couple DVD's out and watch the same thing on these 4 sets under differing lighting conditions?

I don't care about sports (save for Moto stuff ) but I have a copy of Faster I could throw in and check out some of the action to compare.

[Monsterlover]

Well, we got it.

http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/tv-video/televisions/plasma-tv/PN58B550T2FXZA/index.idx?pagetype=prd_detail

It's cool

Thanks to all for helping educate me during the buying process.

I spent my money locally, and still got a decent deal.  The customer service was beyond top notch. 

http://customaudio.net/ in case anyone cares.

It's a small business that's been here since I can remember.  The guy I worked with was awesome and so is the owner.  I spent time in person with both of them, as well as time on the phone and they kick ass.