Well I bought a 42" Panasonic Viera Plasma last year (2D) and I've been loving it! The model is TH-P42V2, though I'm not sure if they released it outside of Japan. It just blew away my old 32" LCD tv. Excellent picture quality and I've had no problems with it this past year.
http://panasonic.jp/viera/products/v2/p_top.html
starcraft: "I and every PS3 fanboy alive are waiting for Versus more than FFXIII.
Me since the games were revealed, the fanboys since E3."
Skeeuk: "playstation 3 is the ultimate in gaming acceleration"