I was trying to qualify my statement with "available for mass consumption". I also said "as good and surpassing". Most people cannot afford the newest technology OLED / 4K, so plasmas do have the best picture quality without spending insane amounts of money... [u]currently[/u]. But that is changing quickly. Bottom line is, someone who says "Plasma Sucks" (which is what I was replying to) does not know what they are talking about. People see the new technology and automatically think its "better". Better can mean different advantages... size, weight, other features / options. But for me the number 1 is picture quality and up until only recently, Plasma has come out on top. There's also little known secret that high-end Tube TVs have (or more appropriately... had) THE best picture quality because of their greater color fidelity, contrast, and wider viewing angle. BUT because it becomes unrealistic to manufacture them over 40 inches due to their size, the other technologies have surpassed it and CRTs have gone the way of the dinosaur. NOT because they have "better" picture, but because of all the other "stuff" (mainly size). If you sell TVs then you probably already know what I'm talking about, but a lot of people do not... as evidenced by many of the replies here.