Flat Screen Recommendations: 50 to 60 inch

I vote for the Panasonic G25. My 42 has done very, very well for the last year. The THX mode allows for plug and play excellent viewing.

The best plasmas are still better than the best LED LCD screens, particularly when you are at 50" and higher.

I would get either a G25 or V25 series Panasonic. The V series Panasonic comes with THX, so with little to no adjustments you can get a great picture. These plasmas can be gotten in 50", 58", and 65".

I just bought a V25 series 65" Panasonic plasma and couldn't be happier. I previously had a Pioneer Kuro 6010 60" HDTV and it was great, but I think this Panny is just as good, and it certainly is better than the best Samsung LED LCD's I have seen. Although Samsung also makes very good plasmas, I just think they are a smidge behind the Panny's, but they can be gotten at a cheaper price.

Greg

I agree completely with Allchemie - my mother-in-law just got an LED LCD, and it isn't even close to my Panasonic plasma. Also agree that the Samsung plasmas are quite good.

Any thoughts on the LG 60" plasma at Costco? Hard to tell under store lighting but it looked darned good when I stared at it for a minute or two last night. $1299! That's an incredible price but I have no idea how it compares to the other plasmas mentioned above as I didn't compare with the dozens of tv's they had.

Looked at them all. The best one for the money IMO is Samsung's PNC8000 63" plasma. It does make a little buzzing from the front of the screen though.

Many other TVs are good too but Samsung's new line will be very hard to beat at any realistic prices. Pioneer Elite and Panasonic's new ones are pretty good too. But the samsung is cheaper. Bought mine for $2500 and it came with a free blu ray player and 3d glasses (3d is a novelty IMO but it was "free").