Ok, Im confused...

Im looking for a new TV (42" +), and i don't know weather LCD or plasma?

I'm looking for something that will look nice with PS2, PC input, SD/HD TV, and anything else i might want...

Any ideas, or definitions of plasma and lcd differences, and then you get Sony with the whole "3 LCD" thing... ?

plasmas suck....unless you want a cheap, short term solution.

That's not always the case. Plasmas (the ones from reputable companies) can last just as long as an LCD (both have a life span of a rated 60,000 hours). I do prefer LCD, especially the Samsung LNR line, but plasmas aren't as bad as everyone makes them out to be. That is, of course, as long as you get a good one and not something cheap-o.

they may be able to last as long, but there's still other problems with the technology...

If you live in a high altitude region, plasmas will not function very well. Also, plasmas suffer from the "burn-in" effect. So if you plan to hookup a game console like PS2 the static images can possibly burn in after a long time.

I'd go for the LCD.

Yes, they can get burn in, but newer sets are much less prone to it than any plasmas in the past. There are also units available from companies, such as LG, that have a "white wash" feature to essentially correct any burn in.

You can correct burn in that has already taken place? Or did you mean "white wash" is a way to prevent it.

It can remove the burn in after it's occured. Read this about the LG's burn in protection system:

If i got a plasma, i wouldn't get a cheap one, if i were to get one, i'm thinking of a Sony WEGA range one... But it seems that LCD is winning...

Any rp lcd tv is 3lcd, sony just decided to start marketing it to make it seem new and exciting to potential customers. Who would want a dlp if they can have a 3lcd tv (or atleast that's what sony wants people to think).

42+ tvs that are regular lcd and not rp lcd will be very very expensive, and don't offer anywhere near the picture quality of a good plasma.

Both lcd and plasma tvs reach their half brightness point at 60,000 hours. Both suffer from degraded color as they lose brightness. In a plasma and any other phosphor based tv the blue phosphors wear the fastest, and in lcd and any other tv based on ccfls or lamps the colors degrade as the lamp or backlight ages.

An lcd tv will allow you to avoid possible burn-in, but you will have to live with inferior black-levels, imperfect colors, color-temperatures, and grey-scale, and limited viewing angles.

Newer plasmas claim to offer crt lvl burn-in resistance, and there are numerous accounts of people who use there plasmas for gaming and never even have a hint of image retention (the precursor to permanent burn-in). However, with a plasma you can get near perfect greyscale, color-temperatures, blacks, and pretty much crt lvl viewing angles. As long as you properly break-in a plasma and follow a few simple safety measures, you really shouldn't have any trouble keeping a plasma burn free.

For the cost of an lcd tv over 42"es you can buy a very nice 50" plasma. Lcds are getting better, and with led backlights in the future the technology will vastly improve as time goes on, but as of right now an lcd tv simply has inferior image quality to that of a good plasma.

Oh, and pioneer and panasonic have the best plasmas, while sharp makes the best lcds. If you can stand the samung's dnie then you could look at those, but dnie for the most part degrades image quality more than it helps. Also, samungs usually have a green push, whereas the sharps have a red push. Though neither are good, the red push is better for skin tones.