When you go to buy a new TV, you will quickly realize that most TVs are now either LCD or Plasma. What should you pick? Each has its advantages and disadvantages. Plasma flat panel TVs usually come in larger sizes and cost less LCD flat panels. However, LCD screens are usually brighter and have more vibrant colors. Also, plasma TVs are known for images getting "burned" onto the screen. For example, if you play the same basketball video game for hours, the court and the score card will get burned onto the screen. When you try watching TV afterwards, you will see a hint of the image from the video game. Also, if you watch CNN a lot, the red strip at the bottom will remain on the screen after a few hours of watching, and when you change the channel, the image will remain on the screen. Usually this is temporary, but it can become permenant if the same image is burned onto the screen multiple times. Thus, accidently leaving your TV on for hours on a channel which constantly displays a logo in the same spot or something else, can damage your TV. Also, plasmas usually tend to have duller colors than LCDs. Flat panel LCDs are expensive and usually go up to a maximum of 42 inches. However, if you want the best quality in a flat panel TV, LCD is the way to go. You should probably only purchase a flat panel if you are planning on hanging it on the wall. If not, you should consider a projection LCD with DLP technology. DLP technology is very important. Older projection TVs used to have a problem with the screen changing contrast as you looked at it from different perspectives. It was almost useless watching a projection TV without sitting right in front of it. Texas Instruments created DLP technology which nearly eliminates that problem. Projection LCDs are great if you want to save money or need a large LCD. Unlike flat panel LCDs, projection LCDs can come in very large sizes while costing less than smaller flat panel LCDs. The picture quality is usually very similar to a flat panel LCD and better than flat panel plasmas. So get a projection LCD with DLP technology if you want to save money or want a huge TV or both. Get a plasma flat panel if you want a large flat panel screen or are looking to save money or both. Get a LCD flat panel if you need a flat panel screen and want the best quality possible. Also, if you are willing to spend more money and don't need a huge flat panel. There are 3 types of TVs being sold. The newer ones all come with either ED or HD technology. SD is the older technology which most people watch right now. ED TVs are not very popular but usually cost a lot less than HD. ED technology seems to have not much of a future ahead. However, ED TVs can receive HD signal and give an outstanding picture quality (sometimes better than HD TVs even though on paper HD quality is far better). Most people cannot tell the difference between ED and HD quality without comparing them side by side. Now you have to note that standard cable quality will not differ between HD and ED TVs. Also, DVD quality will remain the same. The difference will only come when you watch a channel in Hi-Def (which you must pay extra for from your cable provider). There are not a lot of channels which are aired in HD, so keep that in mind. My suggestion is go to a store and compare the two. If you can't tell the difference and want to save money, get the ED TV.