Well, a $1000 plasma from Tiger is gonna cost you:

Plasma $1000
Sales tax: $120
Shipping: ??
Import tax: $450

If I were you I'd get one across the border. A similar Panasonic for the European market is this one:

http://www.produkte.panasonic.de/product/product.asp?sStr=5@-@1@13@40@41@@@@@TH-42PX60EH@Viera|Plasma-Bildschirme@&altMod=N&upper=&prop=

and it DOES do pal and NTSC.

PAL B/G
Ja
PAL D/K
Ja
NTSC über AV
Ja
M-NTSC über AV
Ja
PAL-60 über AV
Ja


Or this one:

http://www.produkte.panasonic.de/product/product.asp?sStr=5@-@1@13@40@41@@@@@TH-42PV45EHK@Viera|Plasma-Bildschirme@&altMod=N&upper=&prop=

Which does even more formats. MSRP's are around EUR2100 so street prices should be around EUR1500?

Check Neckermann.de for some example prices:

http://www.neckermann.de/index.mb1?m..._v301_ch=e1892

(if that link doesn't work go to www.neckermann.de and search for plasma, then click panasonic in the left).