Without getting into a huge lengthy explanation or a debate
Plasmas generally tend to look better in the right environment. Meaning a room you can control the lighting that can be dimmed down say during the day.
Plasmas tend to have better black level detail, and overall much sharper picture compared to LCD’s. Price v performance v size is usually much better compared to their LCD counterparts but their are drawbacks, Plasmas in bright rooms tend to look a little washed out. They are not the best for gaming, they do have some image retention, meannig that if say you watch CNN for a few hours, you may still see the CNN logo ghosted in the screen for a little while until the plasma cells where that CNN logo was dim back down.
Image burn in is almost impossible on plasmas these days unless you try, for example, my daughter watches sponge bob, its 4:3 content which means their always black bars on the sides, this goes on all day till i get home and has for over a year since I bought this TV… when i first watch full 16:9 content I may see some lines from the 4:3 content but after a little full screen content the dissapear
Viewing angles on plasmas are alo much better, so if you have a living room where people might be sitting off to the sides, then a plasma will still retain its picture detail/brightness even at awkward angles.
IMO and many others… Plasmas overall offer much sharper detail and better picture quality, but they need to be in the right enviroment and the picture quality does come with some short commings
thank you for the info.
only thing i would like you touch base on a little more for me if you dont mind is why they are not the best for gaming? like im not hard core or anything just like to get on and play madden and call of duty when i can.