Once plasma's came WAY down in price (like, when you no longer had to take out a car loan in order to purchase a 40 inch model) I really wanted to get one. But when I went down to my local HH Gregg electronics store to shop for my next screen, I couldn't help but notice how much darker their picture is next to an LCD. They have all the tv's right next to each other, and it wasn't a few of them, or even the majority of them... ALL OF THEM had a much darker picture than the LCD's sitting right next to them.
They did have a silky quality to them that I really liked, but I really did prefer the crisp, bright picture of the LCD's over the plasma models. If I would have had to spend a few extra bucks to get an LCD I probably would have, but the fact that the 65 inch LCD I got cost almost 2 thousand dollars less than the lowest priced 63 inch plasma (never could find a 65 inch plasma back then), it made the decision that much easier! Now the subject at hand, motion blur... they had the two Sharp 65 inch LCD's (60 hz and 120 hz) sitting right next to each other for direct comparison. And with a football game playing, I personally felt the 120 hz version did deliver a smoother experience. But it wasn't a $2000 dollar difference like the pricetags suggested it was. The 60 hz version (the one I took home) cost $2700 dollars. The 120 hz model was just shy of 5 grand!
Had the price disparity been a couple hundred dollars I might have went for it. But there was no way in hell I was going to pay almost twice as much for such a small difference. I knew once I got the tv home and away from the 120 hz model I would never notice the difference. And to be honest, I can't rightly recall there ever being a time while watching a movie, tv show or sports program where I noticed any motion blur. So for me anyway, it's a non issue.
