What is the best way to transport a plasma?

If you can get it in the cab,by all means do so.There is no way I would try to take a 60" tv laying flat down in the back of a pickup truck. Make sure it is VERY well wrapped and protected and keep it upright.

Upright, original box...have some way of keeping it from tipping over (bungee cords, wedged between other boxes etc) and drive carefully avoiding potholes/broken pavement and slow to a crawl over any speed bumps.

Upright for sure and I mean 90 degrees upright. In the cab if possible (will it fit ?!). I would support it on either side of the stand(left and right). DO NOT transport with weight on stand. Pioneer doesn't. Stand is removable which might help it fit in cab. Be careful, you'll be fine.

Scotty

So why exactly is the 90 degree upright so important? I was ridiculed by one of the other members when I asked the question about if transporting the newer plasmas was still as problematic as it used to be. It looks like I was actually correct judging by the responses here.

New or old plasma...you still have a large expanse of glass that has no support in the middle. If you've ever seen those trucks carrying replacement window glass you'll notice they have the sheets on edge..it's for a reason.

Glass truck reference is perfect. Ridiculing a questioner usually exposes the responder as the ignoramus he is.

Scotty

I just transported a brand new LG50PQ30 in my KIA Sorrento, but it wasn't fully upright. It was more like a 45 degree angle, as it wouldn't fit upright. Commute time back to the crib was less than 45 minutes and i was careful not to hit any potholes or bumps in the road. It was reinforced by the cabin, as well as the seat and had headrests in place to keep it from moving(in hindsight it probably would've been better laying it flat). Thankfully it never moved or fell flat with a thud, that would've been bad. Should i be ok?
And how are we to know that en route from the manufacturer to the retailer that it wasn't cracked. So if things don't work out, i should be ok to return it without problem. My retailer=Fry's Electronics.

yes you should be ok.

if it's not checked when you picked it up then there's no way to know when it was cracked.

it's between you and the retailer/seller as to what the return condition/rights are. best to ask and make sure before you take delivery of it.

This store doesn't have delivery?

it's just a matter of physics and the risk levels involved due to the properties of glass when your transporting it.

when horizontal and less support is provided it is in tension and it is much more suspect to cracks/breakage.

you can transport it any way you want to, if it's not cracked then no biggie........ but besides the properties and risk involved of the glass, there is also the fact that the packaging is designed and usually quite plainly stated on the box that it is to be transported in the upright position

I have transported my 2005 Philips 50 inch Ambilight Plasma from Cleveland, OH to Toledo, OH in 2006 in the back of my Subaru Forester flat on it's back. Then in 2008 from Toledo, OH to Ashland, OH, again flat on it's back in my Subaru Forester. It still works fine. The moving company wanted over $1,100 for moving it alone, since I didn't have the original box anymore.
I was worried about it not being upright, since I had heard that was the only way it should be transported, but I've had no problems. I went over railroad tracks and poor roads at highway speeds this way. I wouldn't recommend doing this this way unless you don't have any other options though. For some reason, you are supposed to keep plasma TV's upright all the time.

UPRIGHT, with care, Be sure to drive SLOWLY as a sudden bump or pothole could be dangerous.

well i fired it up and all is well. yes the box definitely stated how to transport it & yes "Fry's" has delivery service, but i was inpatient & fortunately for me there doesn't appear to be any crax or dead pixels. And the wife loves this LG, we had tried panny / sammy, although those were the 42's @ 1024/768, and this one is 1366/768. just couldn't pass up the price on this doggie, same price as what I had paid for the 42's mentioned previously. If I had had my neighbor with me, he was on holiday down in Austin, i would've been ok with his Suburban, but didn't have the luxury. only 3 were left in stock, next time ill shell out the $$ and have a professional do it.