gah! I now found the V10 which I'm interested mainly because it will handle true 24p at 96hz. The G10's allow for 60Hz which doesn't have flicker but it may have flutter every now and then.
at this point, other than the energy, I don't know if there's any reason to go LCD over Plasma. Plasma just destroys LCD in picture quality.
oh..and when did Pioneer quit the plasma biz? They had the best sets out.
someone on amazon said the reason that the other competitors are getting out of the plasma business is because panasonic owns all the factories or something.. not sure how true it is, but it would make a little sense.
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boink, almost all tv's are rated for 100,000 viewing hours on flame mode. That means you would have to watch your tv 7 hours a day, every day for 30 years to reach that limit. Considering you won't have the settings on flame mode (brightness) it will last even longer.
LCD probably does last longer, but, I'm pretty sure there will be something out in 30 years that I'll want and won't have to worry with it
burn in isn't a factor in plasmas anymore either..