Sony KDE-42XS955 42-Inch Widescreen WEGA Plasma Flat-Panel TV with Integrated HDTV Tuner
Disappointed
I recently purchased this TV and a Sharp 45\\" LCD unit.  On the plus side, the colors on the Sony are vibrant and exciting.    Watching 1080i HD content, the Sharp is far superior (less so with 720P content).  The Sony display is grainy at both resolutions whereas the Sharp LCD is really like a picture window at 1080i (the Sharp does have the full 1080 lines).  The Sony user interface and remote control are comparatively bad, and the on-screen channel guide is painfully slow ... it also shows the channel list you visited rather than the list you are try to scroll to as you channel surf.  There is noticeable fan noise which is quite audible in a bedroom setting.  Also, the Sony lacks the very nice \\"smart stretch\\" mode that the Sharp has (where the edges of the picture are stretched and the middle is not very distorted) which is the only acceptable way to watch 4x3 TV on the full screen for me.    On the Sony I have two pixels out (black \\"spot\\") and another constantly white.  I can notice them up to about 8 feet away.  There is one \\"constant on\\" pixel on my Sharp but I have to be within 2 feet to notice.