Plasma - collectible?

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I have an NEC 42" probably 2000 era that has no burn in but the sustain board blew, haven't located one but I don't frequently look for it either.

I also have the fabled Gateway P42M102 (rebadged Sampo using LG panel and sustain boards, but Sampo sound, mainboard and power supply) that I garbage picked nearly 2 years ago. Which was notoriously an unreliable model. It will be two years on July 4th that I repaired it. This model was circa 2003 or so. No burn in here either, still looks pretty decent. Lots of caps placed in locations where they'd get hot. If these were fan cooled there would be lots left.

Everything else plasma I have is newer, Zenith 50" (LG), Pioneer 50", Samsung 42".

I do have a broken Maxent I have not yet fixed but have the parts for.

I'd imagine early off brand start ups would be most collectible going forward.

As far as Samsung and LG still making plasma, the 2014 Samsung sets are showing up at Sears locally already 51" 1080p. LG supposedly will continue but haven't seen anything.