Has LED caught up to Plasma?


I know that the plasma tv's in the past were always considered to be better than the LED or LCD formats. I'm wondering if this is still the case. With improvements in technology, has the gap narrowed? I bought a 42" Panasonic Plasma over 8 years ago (and yes, it's still working...wished it would have died by now! lol) and am looking to upgrade to a new 55" tv. In all honestly, when I chose plasma back then, I thought the picture quality of both the plasmas and the LED/LCD models were both very good. Even though my plasmas has lasted all these past 8 years, my big concern is that they do heat up quite a bit....where LED's run much cooler. I'm thinking this might translate into a longer life with and LED tv instead of a plasma. What would you buy today if you were buying??? Plasma or LED?
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I demo'd the 60 inch Elite Pro last week. It's very noticeably the best picture I've seen. At 6K, I searched and saw Amazon listed them at near 4,500. I called Sharps' Elite Pro registration center and they accept Amazon approved purchases. I'd use a credit card with double warranty features and the factory 2-year plan extends automatically to 4 years.

I'd confirm this just before purchasing with a rep's name and number at the Elite registration center, then, register it immediately. They haven't launched a extended warranty, yet. However, they said Sharp will soon offer it to owne's if the set is still under the 2-year warranty.

I usually don't go for extended warranties. However, this technology is newer and complex. The right credit card warranty extension is my best choice.

Technology keeps moving forward. These prices will drop and newer products are always just over the horizen. It's a great TV if the timing is right for buyer's. If my 6 year old 60 inch Sony dives, hopefully, the timing is right for me, too.