LCD do have a huge advantage in how they behave with light incoming on the screen.
Lets say you have a window facing your TV, with an old SD TV you would get a lot of reflection on your TV, with LCD you can actually watch the TV without having to close every single blind in the house...

Basically LCD has won the battle over plasma so this is kind of an inventory clearance deal..

Complete exaggeration.

1. Plasmas screen is made out of glass so it does reflect a bit more light, but no blinds need to be closed for people to see the screen normally. Besides, most manufacturers coat their screens with an anti-glare coating.

2. Plasma is still being manufactured by countless manufacturers. Just cause Sony doesn't make it, its not dead technology. Samsung, Panasonic and LG still support plasma.

3. Both LCD and Plasma are obsolete if you consider OLED TV's coming in the future.

Samsung has very little interest in prolonging plasma however, due to its dominance in the LCD market...

Anyway 3 years ago you could not find an LCD screen above 40" for any affordable price...

Higher screens were all plasma.

Just walk into a Best Buy now and check which technology dominates the 40-52", it's LCD, not Plasma ( ratio of LCD to plasma on display in my Best Buy for those sizes is like 80-20).

What ever happened to those laser TVs ?

I heard a couple of years ago that they are gonna smoke both LCD and Plasma but never heard from them again.

Ghosting is when an analog tv signal comes in multipath (signal received from multiple paths with a phase shift) and you see multiple images on the screen sort of hovering over each other. You guys are talking about "burn-in." I stayed away from plasma to avoid that. I went with an LCOS, personally. I'll hold out until OLED tvs become large and affordable.

Pioneer used to be king of the plasmas. Since they threw in the towel due to manufacturing costs, Panasonic are considered to make the best plasmas (in the UK at least). I'd take a plasma over an LCD any day. Screen burn hasn't been relevant for years so no need to worry about that. I game on my plasma screen for hours (including games with a bright HUD) without having any concerns.

Edit - Just clicked on the link and the offer does include a Panasonic plasma so this is a fantastic deal.  Look at the approval rating on the website: 4.8 out of 5 and 96 percent of buyers would recommend the screen to friends (out of 67 respondents)

thats not true. the 42+ market is usually 50/50...especially over 50 inch where Plasma still sells more (due to lower price)

The problem with plasma is that they can't make sub 32 inch TVs at a profitable margins. You will rarely even see a 32 inch plasma these days. Its all 40 and up...

Best Buy.com...

40-49" : 8 plasma, 53 LCDs

50-59" : 22 plasma . 22 LCDs..

I really don't like plasma. It's colours may be amazing, but the very idea that it fades out more and more and eventually goes dark (even if it is 10 years) is too much for me. We've had our Sony TV for 10 years now, and it's still useful. I'll take LCD thanks.

But the deal is really,really good.

Still a pretty OK deal imo.