Panasonic Viera TC-PS2

Relatively inexpensive; decent black-level performance; solid grayscale accuracy; fingerprint-resistant finish; energy-efficient for a plasma.

Inaccurate primary colors and gamma; subpar bright-room quality; last year's Panasonic plasmas lost black-level performance over relatively short periods of time; sparse picture controls; uses significantly more power than LCDs.

Though it's not without its performance gaffes, the midrange Panasonic TC-PS2 series of plasma TVs still offers very good image quality for the price.

Big screen, fair picture quality.

Poor overall quality, only had it 15 months .... already having it shut down. 7 Flash board codes. Really ? If this is the best Panasonic has, I 'll never give them a second glance.