Opposite case ko sa yo Carlo. My first HDTV was an LCD (Sharp) in 2005 because that time I really thought the PQ of Plasma sucked mainly because they were too dark, they lacked resolution, the meshed look was very very very very pronounced, and then most of the high def contents were variety shows, sports programs, TV dramas, and documentaries. Occasioanal palang yung high def movies on TV.
Paglabas ng 7 series ng Plasma resolution was no longer an issue provided you can afford the full HD panels and the meshed look was significantly reduced. But I personally thought the biggest leap of the Plasma so far was the 8 series of Panasonic when the PQ finally became "bright" enough, and of course, the Kuro last year. Tapos nasabayan ba ng adventures ko in the mkv world at the latter part of 2007.
Right now, I think lamang ang Plasma sa movies pero sa high def variety shows and sports programs - tabla. Bale depende sa type ng high def camera na ginagamit and sa lighting. Sa PC applications, LCD pa rin kase non reflective yung screen and mas comfortable kung maliwanag yung room. For high def gaming, subjective din whether type mo yung PC game look (LCD) or high def CRT look (without considering yung concerns about burn-in) so I'd consider it tabla too.
Regarding naming, sa Japan cool ang LCD. We call it EXIO here. So which sounds more star wars - PURASUMA or EKI-SHOU?
BTW Carlo, dehins pumayag si Kumander about the CRT HDTV. It's not the offer (it was fair) but sa Philippines daw, talagang
CRT pa rin sya for cable viewing and then yung PC for mkvs. Sorry. But to answer your enquiries, yes 220V, yes auto-channeling, yes 720p and 1080i through component video (fully tested with HD DVD movies and Xbox360 games - havent tested with mkvs though kase wala akong NMT)
