Mummelmann said:
There's a reason why plasma screens have a small and dwindling marketshare and why Pioneer almost went under when going for plasma technology. There was a time when plasma was equal to, or even better than, LCD screens. That time has long since passed, the main effort, funds and devotion lies with LCD panels now and has done just that for a few years, this results in better products on almost all ends, pure and simple. The price of LCD panels have also gone down heavily, making them a purchase easily worth it. Allthough plasma panels have largely shed old diseases like burn-in, ghosting and overheating, they have become inferior allrounders, there can be no doubt about that. Buy a LED screen, you will not regret it.
Edit; adressing your points more directly:
Response times are not really a big issue at all with console gaming, the framerates of both modern games and HD movies are below the level where such things would interfere much at all with the overall experience, so this point can be mostly disregarded.
LED screens suffer virtaully no sun glare, old LCD screens did due to poor backlighting but that's pretty much it. A modern LED screen easily keeps up with a plasma in this regard. Besides, there are curtains and the simple fact that one can place the TV in such a manner that this won't be an issue. This should not be a factor in a big purchase like a TV set when the problem is either non-existant or can be easily solved.
Burn-in on plasma screens is pretty much a thing of the past, it may remain a slight issue with TV's of lower prices and model but is rarely heard of nowadays.
Image quality, in terms of shaders, layer tech, blending, resolution and, important for some; 3D, is mostly better on LED screens. Color and contrast is just about the only place a plasma has a shot at beating LCD screens.
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