Why are LCDs more popular than plasma?


I have a rough time seeing differences in picture quality between brands and models, but the difference between plasma and LCD are overt even to me. When I go to bestbuy, fry's, etc. and gaze at their displays of flatpannels, plasma televisions just look beautiful, despite the reflections, while LCDs just remind me of working on my laptop. Is there more merit to the quality of LCD than I observe or is there some other reason LCDs outnumber plasmas?
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My experience is that the Plasma's tend to do black better (critical, to me), and all but the Toshiba LCD's are comparable. Other lcd's, including Sharp's to me leave little to be desired.
For me, at entry price, I recommend the cheap Visio Plasma in the 42-50" range. (sacrifice parts quality color accuracy, etc). For mid, I like Toshiba LCD's (do black rather well), and Pioneer Plasma. For upper, I like Pioneer Elite, with Fujitsu and Runco's at the very top.
Yeah, to me, most lcd's are just like my laptop - I concure.