SONY KLV-30XBR900 30" LCD WEGA Flat Panel Television
puts plasma to shame
Sony's new 30&quot; XBR WEGA LCD tv is hands down the best 30&quot; flat panel on the market.  It has stunning picture quality, all due to its external media reciever.  While this external box certainly detracts from the space saving aspect of a flat panel, it makes the trails or distortion one typically sees with fast motion on an LCD (motor cross or football, for instance) non existant.  If you don't believe me, stop by any high end electronics retailer (they should have one of these if they're worth their salt) and watch for your self... the picture is rediculously perfect.<br />Obviously if you're shopping for a 30&quot; TV, then plasma really isn't an option.  But while in the store, take a look at those plasma displays and compare it to Sony's LCD... you'll notice something quite interesting:  the picture quality on this LCD puts all the plasmas to shame!  There's been so much hype over plasma TV that, well, facts get distorted.  Technically speaking, picture reproduction on a high end plasma is not as good as on a high end LCD (or DLP for that matter).  But who am I to try to convince you -- go see this TV for yourself.  The advantage to plasma, currently, is that you can make really big TVs that display fast motion very well.  However, as LCD TVs get bigger and cheaper, and motion jitters are eliminated, i think plasma will go by the wayside... for now, though, its the only option if you want to put a 50&quot; TV on the wall.<br />Aside from the picture, this 30&quot; has everything else I could want in terms of sound reproduction, inputs and outputs, etc.  I'd prefer it to be 1080i compatible, though.<br />Anyway, if you got a couple thousand and are shopping for a superb 30&quot; TV, look no further: Sony's got the answer.