We've got a Panasonic plasma (not the one linked by H Stevens above) and we love it! They do have a glass front so if your bright viewing times shine directly at the TV like a spotlight it may not work so well, but plasma has a beautiful picture and no viewing angle problems at all. They look just as good in full daylight as in a dim/dark space, too. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it.

The early problems they had with burn in don't exist much unless you constantly watch static or boxed images (or maybe leave the stock ticker scrolling across the bottom 24/7). You do need to be aware of the possibility, but it's not a big deal to accommodate. We just make sure to have all of our input devices set with a nice short screen saver and after two years of normal use with a mix of 4:3, 1.85:1 and 2.40:1 material (including lots of Wii and PS3 games) we haven't had to use the anti retention feature even one time. There's only been a single instance I noticed any kind of retention at all and it went away watching a full screen half hour show so if you have memories of those early problems, don't sweat over it with the new sets.