“is less prone to burn in(yes its still possible, just less likely),”
I suppose that depends on how you define LCD. If you include rear projection LCD’s that is true, but I was referring to a true flat panel LCD, as a competitor for plasma. You can leave a static image on an LCD display for weeks and there will be no memory of the image. That is because the crystals twist in response to an electrical current, and will completely twist back to their native state when that current is removed. If you also include rear projection in the contrast argument you are also correct, but the plasmas had the flat-panel LCD’s completely pounded on contrast until this year. They are still slightly better, but now you can really only tell the difference in the lab.
There is so much misinformation on audio/video equipment out there. I read a statistic once in Sound and Vision magazine that 70% of US DVD payers are hooked up through composite video connectors (the red, white and yellow cable that came with it). If anyone reading this has their DVD connected this way to a TV that has component iputs (or better yet HDMI) I’ll consider this post a public service. Go out and buy component cables now, you won’t regret it.
