Looking for the ideal tv for the Wii

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Complete BS and misinformation!
Burn in is STILL a problem with plasma, stop saying nonsense. They can call it temporary, it's still there, even if it doesn't last, so don't say it isn't a problem. Black levels are STILL NOT on the level of a CRT for ANY HD technology, so again, stop saying nonsense.

I just bought a new Sony RPTV, and RP for now, is the ONLY HD technology that looks good with SD content. The black levels are also the best of all those technologies.
That is simply caused by the technology used.
With LCD or plasma, a powerful lamp sends light that traverses several layers of electronic components. Because of that, you can't have good black levels.
Also, you have a huge (depending of the size of display) array of electronic components, which cause problems again, because it's harder to have such a big array with every component right (yield defects problem).
You have also spaces between the pixels which you can actually see. This is one of the worst thing that make you see lots of jaggies in SD content.
Also, commanding such a huge array of component causes heavy lag, which is why they have a hard time reaching an acceptable response time. When they advertise 5 ms response time, you can be sure it's actually 5 times that.
There are a slew of other problems that makes plasma and LCD suffer from various artifacts like banding, solarisation, screen-door effect, ACE, burn-in, ...

The SXRD RP I bought doesn't suffer any of these problems. You have only a few problems, like green blob when your set is too cold, or silk-screen effect. Once well set, you won't notice it anymore though, and you'll have one of the best image (though Pioneer Elite plasma are better, for 3 times the price, with burn-in and other artefacts).
The main drawback of these sets, is that they're not slim, and you won't find them under 50" size.

One thing you should be aware of: be sure to have a game mode on your TV, or the Wii will be unplayable. Most HDTV (except the 120 Hz ones perhaps) sets are just too slow, and you'll notice it right away when using the Wiimote, as the lag is immediately noticeable. The game mode removes most of the expensive treatments, allowing you, at least on my HDTV set, to not feel any lag at all, which means it's then well below 16 ms response time.

BTW, on my HDTV sets, contrary to other people, the Wii looks BEAUTIFUL. It's just amazing, with no jaggies, and I tested it with GC games only for now, which displays in 576i on my set (55" 1080p). I'll test Wii games when I have time (too late now), but I bet they'll look even better.