We have 2 50" plasma TV's (one is mine, one is Adams) - Mine is a Philips that I got 2 years ago, superb and has done everything I asked apart from PS3 connectivity.
Adam has just bought a Panasonic 50" Vierra - Excellent telly, but the image quality appears to be a little down compared to my old Philips. That said, if Adam wsn't tight and got a Virgin HD input going to the screen then the image would be better IMHO

but he only bought it for use with the Wii and PC so