I have a room with lots of windows and with off angle viewing needs. Viewing distance is 8 feet to 20 feet away. I currently have a Westinghouse 42inch LCD that is fine with the sunshine but horrible with even slightly off-angle viewing. The picture completely washes out.

So plasma? or another LCD with good wide angle picture?

Suggestions for 42" range?

Thanks!

I have a room with lots of windows and with off angle viewing needs. Viewing distance is 8 feet to 20 feet away. I currently have a Westinghouse 42inch LCD that is fine with the sunshine but horrible with even slightly off-angle viewing. The picture completely washes out.

So plasma? or another LCD with good wide angle picture? Suggestions for 42" range?LCDs still have poor off-axis viewing angles although the new ones are a little better than a few years ago. Off axis viewing on any plasma is much much better of course (same or better than a flat screen tube TV).

The new Anti-Reflective filter on the current Panasonic plasmas does a fairly good job in a bright room - i recently set up a family member's 42PX80U on the north wall of their sunny den with a west-facing wall of windows and no shades or blinds at all. Although a lot of light was getting into the room, the TV was bright and punched through the light very well. We could kinda see our reflections on dark areas of the screen but otherwise the reflection problem was overall pretty minimal. If you're going to get a 42" plasma, the Panasonics are probably your best bet.