Looking for New LCD or Plasma-what's the best ones-skys the Limit!

Plasma: Pioneer Kuros 500m, 101fd, 111fd are by far the best models you can find. Unfortunately stock is very slim these days but your local Best Buy may have 101fd in stock for ~2.8k.

After Pioneer it is Panasonic V10 or Samsung (Panasonic has better blacks and Samsung has better color).

LCD: Samsung (8000 series) and Sony (XBR series). However, be aware that off-angle viewing is a problem on these LED TVs.

New TVs from Panasonic, Samsung, Sony, ect will be coming out very soon. May want to wait and consider those TVs. The Panasonic Plasmas will have Pioneer Kuro tech in them (they bought Pioneer's technology).

If he has the room, might as well get a 60+ inch!

He can probably still find 60" Pioneers without much trouble.

If i had the money i would buy the best plasma (pioneer)AND the best lcd(Sony ledLCD XBR8 or Samsung ledLCD UN B8500).

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Pioneer 500m for a really good price. I'd hop on that before it goes out of stock.

exhoing others thought, I also loved the pioneer in store when i saw it, and also the xbr8. The sony xbr8 looked AMAZING in best buy expertly calibrated.

The XBR8 is a fantastic TV. In many people's opinion, it is the best LCD on the market. You can't go wrong with either the Pioneer or XBR8, but the Pioneer will have better color accuracy and far better blacks.

If he wants an Elite Kuro he should get an option now while there's enough stock left for that to be a reasonable decision. People are chasing BB inventory even as we speak.

If money is truly not an object there may be some other choices worth auditioning e.g. Runco wants us to believe they've solved all the world's problems with their $10k 50" plasma with the custom Panny panel. Unfortunately the really exotic pro gear (e.g. $30k DPX) tends to top out around 23" (and is often SDI only, yet more $$).

Honest question. Why is someone building a high-end custom theatre going to restrict the choice to a 50" display?

That's a legitimate question. I personally consider anything with a flat panel in it a "Media Room". In my small Home Theater, I have a front projector and a 92" screen, which is in fact 4X the size of the 46" HDTV in the family room.

+1. Sounds more like if he's looking at a home THEATER he should be looking into a JVC projector. Get a midrange 50"ish LCD/plasma for everything else and the projector for a movie experience.

Here you go! If he wants the best, there you go.

I'm being realistic because he has a very slim chance of finding a new 60" Pioneer. But hey, he might get lucky.