Alright, I guess I'll go against the grain here. I personally don't have a LCD or Plasma tv, so maybe I am disqualified, but my best friend has a 42 inch plasma with the 1080 dpi. He was a diehard LCD fan, until he bought this tv, he compared the prices in relation to the picture, which he said was just the same if not better on the plasma. It was $800 cheaper, it life is not as long, but if you take the savings and take and consider the price to buy the same exact tv when it dies will be $800 or less, and assume that by the time that happens, you'll want the newest tech available, it is worth it. He said, unless you get a super huge tv, the picture or resolution makes only minimal difference, I took this for granted, as he is the type of person who go overboard with research or finding the best bang for the lowest buck. He and I are totally opposites, I simply go and buy what gets me turned on at that given moment.