Well only you can be the judge of what you see. When you get your tv, set it up, play some games, watch some blu ray and hdtv and see how you like it. If you don't like it within the first week, then return it, don't live the next few years with a tv that you don't love.

Did I say I paid $100 , I said they charge $100 for them, I didn't say I paid that much. See when you buy a tv that big they through in a bunch of free and discounted stuff if you push on them. I paid nothing for the first new one and forth for the rest. Also I did use a HDMI that was $20 and it looked lIke sh-t. So I'm sure you have no clue what you are talking about. There is a difference when you own a high dollar tv, I'm guessing you don't. My brother had the same problem.  You do need a high speed HDMI or it will Look like sh-t, FACT.

Player you shouldn't feel bad. These are the same guys that will tell you that cheap is better. They are broke and can't afford the best, So just like this site, seem to make up random nonsense to prove there points. LED is better. Plasma is for cheap A's, I have a buddy that is the same way. However his plasma broke and he seems to have more excuse's of why it's better.   Look for your self. I wouldn't cheap out and buy a plasma, Everyperson I know that bought one is pissed when they see mine.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Samsung+-+55%22+Class+-+LED+-+1080p+-+240Hz+-+Smart+-+3D+-+HDTV/2135045.p?id=1218310760434&skuId=2135045&st=samsung 55 d7000&cp=1&lp=1

@Spaceguy no thats complete BS. Maybe that was right in the past with analogue signals. But HDMI is digital the 0 and 1s cant get a better quality. The only quality they have is existing or not. Thats the difference to analogue waves.


And even if you have ten times more speed than another cable if the signal sended doesnt need that much bandwith it goes through just as perfect in a 10 Bucks cable.

In my experience...

LCD -> Only for brightly environments (outdoor).
LED LCD -> Beauty (home decoration) and lower consumption.
PLASMA -> For the best image quality.

LCD is my last choice just for outdoor... LED LCD is my choice only I have so much money to spend... PLASMA for all the others cases.

In fact PLASMA is a better technology (and old) than LCD/LED LCD.

It sounds like you personally have had a bad experience with plasma which has soured you to them in general.  You are incorrect in saying plasma technology has a short life span; you could just as easily say the bulbs in LCDs will need replacing as they become dimmer.  Both types of TVs today are beyond that.

Of course you're entitled to your opinion of LED displays being superior to plasmas, but the experts (i.e. people from real tech sites that know their stuff and have done extensive testing, not people on gaming sites) almost unanimously disagree with you.  Hometheater.com, Cnet... these are the people I listen to, not a Best Buy salesman who says you need a $100 HDMI cable.  Check out this link to a real tech site and vote on this poll to see the results.  You'll see they are much different to what Player's poll here on the Chartz shows... plasma is far ahead.

http://www.hometheater.com/content/do-you-prefer-plasma-or-lcd-tvs

To assume that plasmas are worse simply because they are cheaper is also erroneous on your part.  LED is a newer tech and is more expensive, and they've done a lot to improve the picture quality of standard LCD panels, but despite jumping through hoops to try and improve areas where plasma performs inherently better, a good plasma display will still best them.

I'm going to ignore what you said in regards to LED vs Plasma, I have a few more pages of comments to read through and I'm sure people have already torn you to shreds for saying something so stupid. I just want to say that cable quality does not matter, some make break easier than others and may not fit the port as well, but it's a digital signal, it either looks as good as it will get or you have a blank screen.

EDIT: Just read your last comment, I don't know what to say. I can't believe that you are being so rude and telling people that they have no idea what they are talking about when in fact YOU are the one who is wrong. A digital signal is a digital signal, that is "FACT". Why do you always have to bring up price as well and brag about how expensive your TV is? How old are you?

Not rage, just a word of warning. Cheap and unbranded TV's are very risky, some of my friends have had TV's like that and they have been awful. Blacks appear more like grey, the gamma is all over the place, they have terrible backlight bleed, colours are all over the place and there aren't even options in the menu to change the colour temperature or white balance. One of my friends had the worst TV I had ever seen, it was just as expensive as an entry level Samsung LCD of the same size, it was advertised as 1080p when it was actually 1024 x 768 in a 16:9 aspect ratio and the worst thing was he bought it in Comet and one of the shop assistants actually recommended it. He eventually sold the TV to me for a cheap price and I sold the TV soon after even cheaper.

In the end you got what you pay for, I will always go for a popular TV with a well known brand and I will look up reviews online first. I agree about not spending a ton though, my Samsung LCD was very cheap and its picture quality is perfect, almost indistinguishable to my friends high end plasma. You definitely shouldn't be buying a decent TV if you aren't going to calibrate it and buy a sound system to match the picture quality, why buy a high end TV and leave it at basic settings when you can buy another TV for half the price, do a basic calibration and get a far better image.

Ok then you come to my house plug in my old HDMI and look at the difference.  It is night and day. I'm not the only one that had this problem either. So i have tested it. You acked as if I didn't. I did and it made a night and day difference. No need to explain to VGchartz though, everyone here knows everything and I bet not one of  you have 240 Hz TV. So I didn't pay anymore because I talked them down. As far as dependability, LED's beast  Plasma's.  You  can read all you want, the point of the matter is I live in a rich neighborhood. So I know people who bought more tv's then you have seen a best buy . LED's  are what everyone is switching to or wishing they would have bought. So do they look nice? yes. Are they piece's of Sh-t? YES.  So they finally fixed it, is that what your saying. Well maybe but I will not be taking the plunge. One because the new ones have not been out that f'ing long. How the f do you know how long they last. You went to the future and got results.

So they say they last longer but all the proof in the past says they don't. The amount of people that I know had Plasma's break on them is a joke.Ten times Worse then The RROD issue. So a buck short and a day late. I got a 6 yr old samsung and it's lcd, running fine. I did replace Compacitors but that is it.  lets not forget that I have had friends plasma's break numerous times. Like 2-5 times until there warranty was up and then they said F plasma's.  However in the last year you say they fixed all the problems. I doubt it.

I have had this conversation with many people over the years and yet some still bought plasma's, Almost every single one of those plasma's broke, not easy fix's either. So does VGCHARTZ fanboys always know everything, yes and all the time. This is why most hate this site and don't come back. Unbeleviable.

The HDMI Issue is real and only did I notice it until I was on my 55" and had a 240Hz tv. Maybe the other cords are just made sh-tty that could be the case but I just don't see this being a problem a couple times over. The guy at best buy through in a free cable. So does that mean he got the best of me because he gave me a free cable. WOW!!! Looks like you are all broke and angry the cord is so much. However if you knew how to haggle, then it wouldn't be so much now would it.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20056502-1/why-all-hdmi-cables-are-the-same/ 

Rich kid is mad because he bought an inferior TV.