Plasma HDTVs seem almost passe these days, but in our experience they still produce generally better images than LCDs. The mid-price 50-inch Samsung PN50A550 reviewed here provides a typical example ...

I have a 50" Samsung plasma that does something annoying: When an image is mostly black (like during a fadeout) it darkens nicely. But when the scene is completely black (like at the end of a fadeout) ...