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The 1080p Kuros are the best displays I've seen but the,,,

Posted by Harmonia on April 1, 2008 at 22:09:46:
...Sony XBR Bravia LCDs are the best LCDs I've seen. And I've looked at these a LOT since the Kuros came out. A friend has a Kuro and I'd arm wrestle him for it, or maybe more. ;-)
I concur with other posters - if the whites on the Pio were greenish something was very wrong. The color purity is one of the best things about the Kuros, along with the black blacks...and most important to me personally, the shadow detail. Some of my favorite movies have dark scenes and the Kuros kill all the flat screen competition. LCDs do better with brighlty lit source material. That said, the latest Sony Bravia LCDs have better darks and shadow detail than any other LCD I've seen, including the Sharp Aquos. Not as good as the Kuros, but the best of LCD.
LCDs are super sharp, almost hyper sharp, and very bright. The joys of plasma are like movies - plasma looks more filmlike to me, therefor more pleasing to my eyes. LCDs are a bit more "video-like" to me. So if you're mainly watching sports and T based material, maybe this isn't such a big deal to you like it is to me. If you end up with the Sony you've still got a great display.
If you watch a lot of film based material, then I think you might like the look of the plasma better long term,
If you have a regular BB somewhere nearby, head over there. Even the BBs near me that don't have Magnolias do have the Kuros, Bravia XRBs and TOTL Pannies on the floor.
Just be sure if you go to a bbig box store you're comparing apples to apples, that the displays are all 1080p (Kuro also comes in 720p). And don't judge the sets with a digital animated movie. All HDTVs look wonderful with that material, so watch it with movies or sports or whatever you normally watch, something that puts them through their paces. (For me, that is DVDs of Master & Commander and Dark City).