[quote name='BasketCase1080']Is it true that you would have clearer image quality with plasma screens instead of lcds? Im a bit confused as to what I should be looking at buying. Mainly I want a tv to play my wii on, watch dvds with an upconverting dvd player, as well as watch tv (non hdtv currently). It says the max resolution is 1366 x 768 is that the norm for plasma/lcds? I usually game on my pc at 1280 x 1024 so this is a bit new to me... any help would be appreciated.[/QUOTE]
Not necessarily clearer, it all kind of depends on the make/model but historically plasmas can reproduce some colors better especially deep colors than LCDs. However there are some things that affect plasmas that don't affect LCDs, put simply choosing between the 2 is a bit of a double edged sword.
That resolution is standard of most LCDs anymore (unless it's a 1080p set), the resolution you are used to for PC gaming is pretty standard for computer montiors, but it is a fullscreen resolution which is probably why it has more vertical lines (the 2nd number) in the resolution.
For your needs Basketcase, unless you really desire a TV bigger than 34" or are short on space, I'd actually say you should get a CRT (the big fat suckers) HDTV. Honestly that's not very future proof at all (it'll probably be outdated in a year or two), but because you really aren't hooking up a true HD source to the TV yet, and sometimes non-HD sources particurly SD TV signals, can look worse on a projection, LCD, plasma, etc. HDTV than on a CRT set.