Zenith P42W46X 42-Inch Flat Panel Plasma ED-Ready TV with NTSC Tuner
Broke the logjam for me
Quite happy with this set.  I was totally stuck on my HDTV purchase - bought a used Sony 42B2 and sold it 2 weeks later because it had lousy blacks and was noisy noisy.  I was thrashing around trying to decide on a used CRT RP but worried about burn in and resale (as well as the simple bulk and viewing angle problems)  Finally a friend told me about this set which is available at goodguys in the stores in the SF bay area for $1999.  (oddly it's $2299 online and $2199 at bestbuy.).  For that price this is a great unit.  Blacks are rich, it's very bright, has a lot of excellent inputs (VGA & DVI as well as component and S-video) - computer output looks extreemely good.  SDTV is not great (but I had such high standards because the scaler in the 42B2 was really really good.)  Still deciding how much I like DVD output - sharp and contrasty but not smooth in the subtle tones - I have to do more tweaking before I want to say for sure how I feel about it.  But apparently this is an LG set under the covers, so it seems like a really good deal.    update: I returned it because the black crush was too much for me.