Plasma gives a better picture with standard feeview broadcasts.
LCD tvs are evolving and have greatly improved.
HD signals give impressive results on either format.
Plasma TV's picture actually improves over time and talk of screen burn and them wearing out is utter nonsense.
Most current LCDs use a cfl tube for baclighting. These can and do fail.
I'm sure that super slim LED backlit LCD TVs are the future due to their low power consumption and space saving dimensions.
As soon as they get LCD digital processing to the stage where day to day TV picture quality is as good as (if not better than) Plasma picture perfomance, then plasma is dead.