Why are LCDs more popular than plasma?


I have a rough time seeing differences in picture quality between brands and models, but the difference between plasma and LCD are overt even to me. When I go to bestbuy, fry's, etc. and gaze at their displays of flatpannels, plasma televisions just look beautiful, despite the reflections, while LCDs just remind me of working on my laptop. Is there more merit to the quality of LCD than I observe or is there some other reason LCDs outnumber plasmas?
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Showing 1 response by bullitt731

All of these posts make excellent points. Speaking for myself I felt the 50" Pioneer plazma I bought a year ago smoked any LCD even the newly released Sony XBR in picture quality at that time.

With that said I just picked up the new Panasonic 32" LCD as a 2nd display and this unit really rocks for what I paid for it.

Some times a plazma makes sense, sometimes a LCD makes sense. It Just depends on the application and the finances.