[Jims5543]

I have had my Zenith 42" Plasma for 4 years now. All the mythical problems I hear of have not happened to me.

It is in a bright room with lots of windows. I play video games, sometimes for hours (i.e. Grand Turismo 4) I have never had burn in problems.

We watch this TV a LOT my kids watch it the wife and I will watch it. It is in heavy use and not a problem.

The only thing it does do, make a lot of heat. I shot it with a pyrometer and the screen hits 110°-120°. It will warm up a small area.

My Zenith is not a 50" because I could not justify paying 2.5X the price of this 42". ($2400 in late 2002) Like Rick M said about his friend, I also could not justify buying a top of the line when I knew once home, it would not make a huge differance. My brother was just over Sunday watching the F-1 race on it and loved the picture.

If buying now, 4 years later, I would probably explore the LCD scene more. It was not mainstream 4 years ago.