Newbie post re: HDTV etc

[olds403]

For your budget I would say the a panasonic plasma would be the best bang for your buck. Plasmas have better black levels(black is actually black - not dark gray) which helps contrast and picture quality.

I recently helped my father buy a HDTV, he ended up with a Panasonic TH-50PZ85U(for less than $2000) and loves it. I personally like rear projection so his choice was not influenced by my likes or dislikes. He chose it based on picture quality that he saw. Go to a store and look at different TV's and see for yourself, but I doubt you will find more tv for the money than the panasonic plasmas.