PLASMA TV BELOW 50INCHES???!!!?

1080 is 1080 no matter the size. At 46" the difference between that and a 50" is negligible in pixel size. The Panasonic is a very good set for a great price. Personally I'd grab it. Oh and Walmart will take it back for 90 days. Can't beat that.

The G10 series contains many of the top end features that will make this line one of the higher priced plasmas on the market. The line enters the market in March of 2009, making it the first new model from Panasonic to reach the market that year. New features include a 600Hz Sub-field Drive for fast processing video signals. It has the new feature "Infinite Black" that Panasonic is touting as it's new black level. Of course there is 1080p resolution along with SD Memory card slots which allow playback from video recorders and digital camera's that are compatible with Viera Cast , Panasonic's proprietary menu system. While we give no credence to manufacturer contrast ratios, Panasonic boasts an improved native contrast on this series to 40,000:1. All this really means is that the contrast will be better than previous contrasts but we'll have to wait to review the product to report how much. After calibration to D6500 contrast figures will likely be around 400 to 500:1.

I'm sorry but the conception that plasmas are the high end product is not true these days. LCD's even though you may think they are the lesser product have really improved. LCD's have amazing black levels, color, and contrast these days. In most cases a good lcd tv, although not every one, will give you a picture that is far and above what you need for tv and demanding video games. I bought a 2007 2008 samsung 52 inch six series I believe, and the clarity of my model is limited only to the hdtv signal quality. Most times if something looks bad on a higher end lcd or plasma its because they are showing stretched sd content on a hd screen, or just lower quality hd signals. Remeber the definition of an hd signal is likely lower then what most of us are used to. LCD technology has been improving and will keep improving at the fastest rate of all technologies. In my opinion it has surpased plasma( its im on cribs and got a plasma classification isnt true anymore). Sony OLED technology, while expensive and not yet in the market, it is better then LCD. By the time OLED hits the market it is assumed that LCD will have advanced to the point that it is just as good. Time will tell on that. Plasma used to be better for blacks and color accuracy, but they were never good for video games and pc hook up. For a long time you couldnt even get a dsub vga port(no pc or good xbox 360(pre-hdmi) hookup on plasmas that should tell you something right there, their picture accuracy is a major issue. I bought a 52 inch lcd (non led backlight) and it's amazing. It was still the top tv of 2009 consumer reports. I would have bought bigger if it was an option. My friend has a 40 inch lcd and a 70 or so dlp, but for my money i wanted the biggest best picture and fastest response time on a pc and video game friendly set. In the end it came down to the best LCD I could find. I spent alot of time comparing models and sony bravia and samsung are the best bet. Their high end models even have LCD's coming from the same factory just with different circuit boards. Higher end LCD tvs have great response time, its almost like moores law with cpu speed. The response time keeps improving year by year. At 50-52 inchs I would not hesitate to look at LCD tvs if I were you. I would recommend looking at sony bravia and samsung 6 and 7 series. I have nothing against the newer led backed ones but they are still alot of money. I think Samsung was better for me due to video games and a contrast of 50,000:1. I think Sony is a better choice if you want it easy and the best picture out of the box. Samsung has more ability but takes a little settings tweeking. I would point you to a sony LCD way before I pointed you to a plasma though. Like any situation your best bet is to figure on a couple models you would be interested in. Figure out what stores carry them and go into the store and look at the screens while they are running. If you look at LCD's then compare with your own eyes. If a samsung lcd happens to be in your top running feel free to ask me some questions, I spent alot of time going over the different models and the plus and minus for each. Like for example the ln52a650 and 750 are almost the same tv. 650 being the less expensive one and the one I got. They have the same lcd panel, same almost everything. 750 has dlna and the ability to play videos from a usb stick, a feature I would have loved but not worth 750's downside. 750 even though it had the same panel had some supposed issue with the back light and its not as uniform as it could be,creating patchs that are brighter then others. Like I said I can comment on Samsung models to help you, but if your looking for your best bet with the less hassel go with the bravia equililent. Addition:Your Answer: I am not a hater of plasmas for the sake of it, I just generally think its an inferior technology. Maybe it initially had better abilities and still may have some aspects that are better then an LCD. I just know that some people like to do more then just watch a football game or a movie. LCD will cover all your bases. Plasmas, like any phosphor based tv like CRT tubes, suffer from burn in. Older plasmas would easily have an image burned in from a logo or a video game. Even new ones still have issues with it. They lower this by actually bluring the image enough that they think the eye wont notice. I want my tv to show an accurate image and I would think that detailed hd sources such as pc and video games would possibly be noticable. Plasmas are virtually unrepairable. Its all one metal plate hanging system, and if that burns out its all gone. LCD's have parts to them, the back light and the lcd panel are by themself. It may not be the easiest thing to fix but at least you have the option. I just picked up a 42 inch lcd tv with a smashed lcd panel. Instead of trash I opened it and removed the lcd panel and made it into a light table for graphic design. If you plan on connecting your pc to the screen or have kids that play video games, LCD is the option. If you are just doing tv then by all means the plasma may give you the best bang for buck in viewing. LED based LCD tvs are a joke in my opinion its a hybrid technology that wont last. We are on the verge of having individual LED's as pixels in which case we wont need plasma or LCD. lcd's can do all the things I need a tv for, plasma cant. If the lcd looks amazing to me then I am a happy camper. We dont need both technologies just like we dont need bluray and hd-dvd, long as we pick one and it covers our bases. Plasma pixels cant be as small as lcd pixels thats why they dont have plasmas smaller then 32 inchs or so on. I dont want to be a big arguement but its just that if plasma was gone you could easily have a top of the line lcd to meet all your needs and then some. If lcd was gone and we just had plasma people who do pcs and video games would not be pleased. Real LED tvs will close the door on both of these soon enough.

You've got some info mixed up here. First, plasma below 50 inches not being true 1080p is totally false. What people tend to say is that when the size is below 50 and you are sitting say 12 feet away on the couch, your eyes can't resolve the additional detail, thus a 720p set will appear the same from that distance. So the LCD vs plasma when it comes to size makes no sense. The 46 inch TV you saw at walmart is most likely a LCD TV. I say this because walmart has dropped virtually all plasma TVs. Next, to the plasma haters that have answered here, the best plasma is still beating LCD and LED back lit LCD TVs. Check Cnet and other popular sites. The reason is that adding LED back lights doesn't fix poor off angle viewing, lag time and contrast ratios. Even local dimming LED sets suffer from the halo effect, not to mention the creepy video effect of 120hz/240hz stuff. Plasma response time is not tied to any 'cinema mode' however, for panasonic plasmas, you only get the 600hz subfield in cinema mode, response time and subfield refresh are two separate things. Having said all that, I'm not an LCD hater, they are getting better. I have a small 37 1080p set in my room, but in my main room, I've got a plasma, and I like it better. If you play video games for hours every day, I'd skip the plasma because they can still burn in even though they are more resistant. If you go Panasonic plasma, skip the bottom end models that end in X, U and C. They are too dark and can't even do a decent white. Look for the models that end in S, G, V and Z. The S is the cheapest and you can find a good deal. I've seen the S model panny plasma 50 inches for under a grand. And finally, if you can get a deal on a Samsung, go for it. Their plasma TVs rate very, very close to the panasonic when it comes to black level, and some models beat the panasonic when it comes to accurate color.