Panasonic TH-50PHD8UK

Pros: Outstanding Picture

Cons: Extras start to add up

Summary: I recently purchased this plasma a couple of weeks ago for about $2999 @ plasmatv4less.com (great service). I picked it up myself so I can't review their shipping. I also bought a universal tilting wall mount from them for about $90, which worked perfectly. Mounting took about 15-20 mins, most of the time was just in putting the 4 huge screws in the studs. I would definitely recommend two people for attaching the plasma to the mount.
Right out of the box the color settings and contrast were a bit off, but after some minor tweaks the picture was amazing. The HD channels looked so good on here that I didn't want to leave the room. I also found that regular digital cable channels didn't look as bad as they do on other models. DVDs also look amazing, but HD is where this puppy shines. Football in HD on this thing just pops. You could see so much detail that I saw blades of grass through the small holes of a referee's jersey. I bought an extra "blade" with an HDMI input which I have running to my cable box. Installation of these blades is a cinch. They have a lot of cool things like a wireless presentation blade that let's you stream 4 separate pcs to the monitor.
I got a 15 foot HDMI cable from cablesforless.com for 17 bux which has worked like a charm. Don't get suckered into one of those $130 monster cables, definitely not worth it.
Overall this was a great decision. Why pay extra for crap speakers, worhtless tuner card, and inputs that you may/may not need. This plasma is da BOMB. Do expect to spend about an extra $3-400 for extra blade/mound/cables.