Was looking at powerstore over the weekend trying to get a deal on a decent heatpump, and while I was talking with the salesman, my wife was off wandering around. She came over and asked me to have a look at something. So I walked with her expecting to be looking at a new washing machine or something. Anyway, she stops in front of a 37" panasonic plasma, and asks me what I think. I had a look, watched a blueray disc thru it, grabbed my laptop out of the car and ran that thru it (my tv is my HTPC display), played a few games, and watched a bit of normal tv thru it. I was happy, so we bargained a bit and I got it as well as the heat pump! Got almost $1k off the tv and put it on payday 2010, with no extra charges :)

So now I have a nice new telly. I love my wife :)

I personally prefer plasma over LCD, as I watch a lot of fast sports, action movies and play a few fps games and hate the smearing and lack of definition in dark areas on an LCD. People always say about burn in, but hey, that's what a screen saver's for. And I don't need 1080p, especially not on a 37" screen.