Price Paid:  $5445.00 from HTTP://www.tvauthori

Summary:
Bought this unit from TVAuthority. Great service and a great product. New plasma technology enables very wide viewing angles, flicker-free picture and bright, vivid colors. Plasma displays replace conventional picture tubes with a system of charged gases trapped between glass, similar to a fluorescent light bulb. These charged gases react with red, green and blue phosphors to create the pictures we see. Plasma technology allows a 42" display to be less than 6" deep. It is awesome!

Price Paid:  $5445.00 from http://www.tvauthori

Summary:
I love this product. New plasma technology enables very wide viewing angles, flicker-free picture and bright, vivid colors. Plasma displays replace conventional picture tubes with a system of charged gases trapped between glass, similar to a fluorescent light bulb. These charged gases react with red, green and blue phosphors to create the pictures we see. Plasma technology allows a 42" display to be less than 6" deep. This unit is awesome

Price Paid:  $5600.00 from www.p;asmadepot.com

Summary:
Bought this set for my bedroom, have the pioneer elite 710 pro in the den/media room. Plasma TV''s are just very cool I guess because it''s new technology. It is great becuase they take up so little space and you can install them anywhere. That being said though, this display is a dog. I''m not sure if the technology is just not there yet or if you have to spend $15k to get a good, accurate plasma set, but this one is not it.

Strengths:
Versatility, ease of use, space savings.

Weaknesses:
Poor picture quality, very inaccurate color reproduction, terrible black level reproduction, low saturation.

Similar Products Used:
First plasma set and I''m going to get rid of it and either get a CRT or a better plasma.

Summary:
This is little more then a low grade Fujitsu. For this kind of money, you can get a 42" plasma panel that actually has good picture quality like the Panasonic or Runco.
The black levels, internal signal processing and contrast are absolutely pathetic.

Strengths:
Shallow

Weaknesses:
Picture Quality

Similar Products Used:
Fujitsu 4203,4209,4214,4222; Pioneer 505, Runco PL42CX, Panasonic PT42PD2, Sony (all), Marantz 4280,4290,4298

Price Paid:  $7000.00 from ebay

Summary:
I use this product for my main TV mointor receiving SVHS signals from a sony es system and M&K 5.1 speaker system. Thi is a seriously cool way to complete a top quality surround system in a small room completely out performing standard rear projection TV gear. Video feed it usually DirectTv or DVD. I have not tried HDTV nor have I tried the included amp/speakers.

As a PC monitor it is fine at 800x600 and OK at 1024x768.

Got a small room? Mine is 12 x 12! The combination of a M&K 5.1 surround system and this monitor coupled with decent audio equipment will create a compact, exclusive atmosphere that is different, but easily equal to, a theater setting.

Strengths:
Seriously good picture on a screen 6" in depth. Also a competent VGA monitor 800x600

Weaknesses:
No so good at 1024 x768