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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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kennyt
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LCD's are rapidly catching plasmas, they have some issues with motion but the newer 120Hz technology is correcting that.

All of you are siting brightness, if both TV's were next to each other and they were calibrated correctly, the differences would be subtle.

That said, every TV seller has the contrast/brightness maxed out so they DO appear brighter in stores, this isn't how you should be watching them, but....
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