i'm thinking abt. getting the panny 50pz700u or 750u and have spent some time attempting to educate myself abt. them, but a few things i still don't get. one of which is the 1080p/24 to 1080i/30 ...

Yesterday, Panasonic officially announced its new HDTV line for 2007. Leading the pack of product introductions was plasma displays. According to iSuppli Corp. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.

Underscoring its intention to stay atop the plasma display market, Panasonic unveiled at a CES press conference 1,080p models in the 50W-inch and 58W-inch screen sizes to complement current 65W-inch ...

This year Panasonic wheeled out Ridley Scott to endorse the best qualities of Panasonic's plasma range. ... The TH-58PZ700U and TH-50PZ700U are 58 and 50 inches respectively.

There, sitting at the very top of it's ratings for plasma displays was the TH-50PZ700U (the 50-inch big brother to the 42-incher I was looking at). Same everything but the size.