Dimly lit room: Plasma, LCD, or DLP

"Though the blacks are a little deeper on my plasma, my LCD has better shadow detail. In other words, on dark scenes I see more detail on objects like buildings and the side of a person's face that is away from direct light."

Comparing the shaded areas between my XBR6 LCD and my Pioneer 151FD plasma the plasma is clearly better.

"This is also important and easily visible when you do a side by side comparison on the same material. As time goes on a plasma will grow dimmer(it will start to lose its brilliance).. an LCD doesn't."

Out of the box the XBR LCD was running at 8000 kelvin and the plasma was at 5750 kelvin. With both displays calibrated the plasma is clearly brighter. Modern plasmas now have a much longer lifespan than LCD.

"A plasma is more susceptible to burn in... LCDs are not."

Yes but modern plasmas now have firmware that greatly reduces the possibility of burn in.

Even with its high refresh rate my LCD has visible motion blur around object edges which by itself could be easily overlooked if it's you only display. During a high quality football broadcast the divots in the turf seem to be floating with the LCD.

Living with a modern plasma in the same house seems to magnify their differences to the point where I wouldn't recommend an LCD.

Gmood, I apologize if the tenor of my remarks came across as any sort of absolute. My intention was to pass on to the original poster MY first hand experiences with specific regard to my Sony XBR6 LCD and Pioneer 151FD plasma. Both displays are current products and both are placed in the same locations in two different rooms with the exactly the same exposure to the sun.

Again, with both displays calibrated and set to standard the plasma is clearly a brighter presentation. Selecting the LCD's vivid picture setting will produce a very bright more animated presentation which is difficult for us to watch. This vivid setting closely resembles the 'out of the box' setup of the LCD.

We watch many stations that display a logo and have used Wii and X Box 360 in conjunction with the plasma with no adverse affects or burn in.

Dreaming? I am a little hung over, but that'll pass and my plasma will still be brighter, IMO.