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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fiery James" data-source="post: 3430717" data-attributes="member: 625">Plasma is awesome, and at most things, better than LCD.  However, if you're buying a TV smaller than 42", the advantages are really noticable, so everyone generally sticks with LCD under that size.You don't really need 1080p resolution -- again, unless you get a giant size and want to sit close.  37" and under, sitting 7 feet away, 720p is all you need -- anything more is wasting dollars on stuff your eye can't see.If you're buying in the LCD size, 120 Hz refresh speed is going to help out a lot, especially for gaming.  Plasma has an amazing refresh rate and you won't get any streaking or trailing -- with LCD, the 120 Hz speed makes up a lot of ground.  42" and under will be fine with that.A lot of the big guys haven't released their 2007 models yet -- I think Sharp is the only ones with their 1080p (overkill!) 120Hz models out.  They're awesome.  Everyone else will be out in the summer.Going with Tier 2 and Tier 3 (noname) brands, I don't know if anyone's got the 120 Hz done yet.  Panasonic's plasmas from last year are still strong, though nowhere near as awesome as this years... but that's the case with everyone.Check out your room conditions.  See how far away you'll be sitting, see how bright the room is.  If you've got a great home theater room, nice and dark, I would definately suggest plasma.  If you're in a living room with huge bay windows and lots of natural light, LCD is the way to go, since the screen won't reflect the ambient light as much.- JB</blockquote>

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