I think the 55" SED will be quite expensive. If it's less than $10k at launch "sometime in 2006" - I'd be very surprised.
I saw the SED this morning, and distinctly noticed a flicker reminiscent of CRT's at 60hz or computer monitors (crt-based) with a refresh rate of 60hz. I asked the people at Toshiba, but their "experts" weren't there.
It certainly was impressive, but I think the big deal for consumers will be the lower power consumption. I think plasma's (especially 1080p models) will be pretty damn good for viewing. So much better than rear projection that I'd predict it will be a feature war, not specific capabilities (ie: plasmas are great in NYC where you wouldn't want to take up space on the floor for a rear-pro, and rear-projection is much better bang for the buck if you're just interested in size).
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