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Display Quality, What Am I Missing?

Posted by Vic D on March 29, 2008 at 08:21:56:
I've been reading and asking around for suggestion on a quality display. The response has been overwhelming in favor of the Panasonic or Pioneer plasmas. With my wife in tow we sat in amazement at a Magnolia ( a Best Buy owned specialty store ) auditioning the Pioneer KURO. Next to the KURO was a SONY XBR. After hearing our comments regarding how much brighter, sharper, and how more realistic the color looked on the LCD, he adjusted both sets to their standard settings.
Still the LCD retained the same strengths. The salesman said both sets have been calibrated but he was a bit vague as to exactly what standard of calibration. The plasma did have blacker bands when the media didn't fill the screen but the darkest portions of the film had more definition on the LCD. We really didn't notice any glaring difference in motion, the plasma having a very slight edge.
Are these differences still a result of showroom technics, should I be asking some other specific question or carry a test disk? I feel like I'm listening to stereo receivers and one has the loudness button on and the other doesn't.
Vic