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Originally Posted by hambone
Also, I have an XBOX 360.....
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That says it all right here. If you are going to be playing a game system on the television, don't go plasma. Burn is not an issue any more
if you watch regular television. If you are placing static images on the screen (aka. game HUD's) for long periods of time, or over a long period of time, you will either get burn in, or reduce the life of the television correcting the burn in.
You've got some of the basic stuff down about the televisions your looking at, only thing I can say is also remember the area your watching the tv in as well. Plasma screens have a glass front panel, so if your in a room with a lot of bright lights or windows you could be facing a glare problem, which DLP and LCD don't have.
Oh, NEVER PAY TAG PRICE! Work with the salesman, you can usually get at least a couple hundred off the tag price, if not more depending on the brand.
And be sure to check out any extended warranties that may be provided for the television your getting. Replacing a "bulb" every 2 years may not sound like much, but those bulbs cost $200 and up. And as for protecting a plasma, you said it yourself, they aren't easy to fix and the cheapest replacement parts for them run around $200 dollars as well.
When you go into the store and look at the tv's, pay special attention to how the whites and blacks look on the screen, the colors can be altered, but it's hard to make a tv change it's contrast abilities.