HDTV for Outdoors

What is the best choice for a HDTV for outside?  LCD, LED or Plasma?

Helped a friend of mine build a shadowbox to put a 42" LCD in so him and his wife could watch TV while in their hot tub behind their garage. We used a rear window opening from his garage to make it. Bought a new one piece window large enough to fit the TV behind it, built a box to hold it and painted it black inside. Very little glare from the glass, but nothng obnoxious.
Really dont think one is better than the other for this though, IMO.
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