New Plasma: 1080p or 750?

I did a lot of research before I recently purchased a 50" Plasma and the consensus of reviewers was that you couldn't tell the difference on TV programing. I decided to go with the Pioneer 50" 720 but could not get a decent price from Best Buy [ it was always on sale last week or would be again soon]. I ended by getting a Panasonic 50 from Costco. I am very happy with it. I paid $1200 for it compared with $2200 the Pioneer would have cost. Costco also doubles the warranty to 2 years and offers in home service at no cost. They use a special model number but it appears to be exactly the same as the top end 720 with the non reflective screen, a feature apparently no longer offered. Cnet offers some very good reviews and tests , I found it very helpful.

fwiw - my 720P 50" Vizio has such a nice picture in hi def I do not see the reason to pay extra

At 42" 720p is all you need. I think the bigger question is if you can stretch to a 50" screen. I'm not that much into TV either, but the difference in my level of involvement and enjoyment watching my 50" vs. my neighbor's 42" is huge -- night and day, especially with movies and sports. If you can swing it and your room is large enough this will make a much bigger impact on your enjoyment factor than 720p vs. 1080p.

Personally I think Panasonic has a lot more invested in plasma than LG (or just about anyone else except possibly Pioneer, but they're much more expensive), so if you're not getting a huge price break by getting something else I'd recommend Panasonic. Mine's been great.

Go with the 1080P. In this age of new technology, I suggest geting the most current. Bluray is truly amazing in 1080P (and on my 60" Pioneer Elite, the Fox football games in 720P is a dissappointment).

And I think LG is a very inferior product-with inferior customer support to boot.

Well the cable company compresses their signal up to five times. That's why they look bad. You should see 720p over an antennae. No compression.