My 3 year old LG 42" plasma has started showing red after-trails of images, especially with titles and channel logos on screen. Also there is 'redness' on parts of the screen when when the screen is supposed to be black. The picture itself used to be great but now I think the plasma is going and I'm going to have to get a LCD TV soon. My friend has a 42" Philips plasma TV which he says is good but later he also bought a 37" JVC LCD for the spare room, which he likes very much. He says the LCD picture appears slightly sharper (maybe because the screen is smaller). He was worried about viewing angle on the LCD but says that has never been a problem.