Help please! Better value for money: DLP or Plasma?

[saffron1]

Hi there, I've been reading the forums in the last couple of days with great interest and really need some advice from you guys.

Basically I'm trying to decide whether I should fork out about £2.5K for a decent plasma such as as the [FONT=Arial Black]42" Panasonic TH42PV500[/FONT] or whether I should get a DLP TV such as the [FONT=Arial Black]45" Sagem HD-D45[/FONT].

There is of course also the [FONT=Arial Black]Samsung SP50L7HX[/FONT] which has had good reviews but I think is too big for the size of my living room which is 21" x 14".

I would be grateful if you could advise on the pros and cons of each technology. Plasmas I understand are an older technology and subject to "burn out". DLPs have the rainbow effect. I'm so confused, don't know which tv to get - please help!