Bought my dad a Panasonic LCD tv on his 80th birthday four yrs ago at Future Shop in Richmond. (how time flys) Turns out he gave me that tv & he bought himself a 42in plasma. (1080p) According to him his eyes are not so strained. With the LCD he got "sore eyes".
Saw a tech. show recently & it said ...if ya think tv's are thin looking now....in a few months tv's will be avaible for sale that are SUPER thin.
Also it is well known they are coming out with newer tv's that will not be such a power hog. Will need a way less electricity.
I think the plasma's should be sold with this type of ad. "FOR SALE... PORTABLE SPACE HEATER ,PLASMA TV COMBINATION.....watch your favourite tv show & at the same time heat your room ..."
Have ya ever put your hand over the top grill of a plasma tv? Sure can feel lot's of heat coming out of it !!!!
Costco does have good deals though on so many things. Pick & choose... One post I read recently was a chap got something like $4-$5 thousand total knocked off his new 4x4 Ford Escape & $1000 of that was just because he was a Costco member. That's good bargaining.