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It's a shame, I have NEVER seen an LCD tv beat a plasma in picture quality, in fact watching sd broadcast on lcds is downright horrible.
The end of Plasma
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From the manufacturers point of view it makes perfect sense to drop support now before they lose all profitability I guess.
While Plasma may still have the PQ edge for the time being vs LCD they're a dead end in terms of 4k resolution, and as OLED production prices drop in the near future plasma tech would end up completely redundant.
While Plasma may still have the PQ edge for the time being vs LCD they're a dead end in terms of 4k resolution, and as OLED production prices drop in the near future plasma tech would end up completely redundant.
True, but we know 4K won't be a regular feature in households for years to come yet. And in the meantime, unfortunately, casual buyers are more interested in inviting their neighbours round to show them how thin their LCD TV is, not truly caring about, (a) how the picture may be inferior, (b) how the sound may be inferior.
The GT50 must have awfully light glass. Besides, current Panasonic's are pretty thin as it is. It's about an inch and a half.
A long time. Most LCD's reviewed today aren't getting below 0.04 MLL or breaking 3000:1 contrast ratio. Most are averaging 2000:1 - 2500:1.
As Plasma is hitting 5000:1 to 40000:1 and as low as 0.003 MLL.
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Better viewing angles.
My 42" Panasonic (2011 I think) uses less than the 32" Pansonic LCD it replaced -about 110W average.
The earlier Plasmas would happily chew through 350W+.
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Time to pick up the stock clearance then!
Says it all doesn't it. People want nice flash looking TVs 1cm thick to show off to their neighbours, even if the picture quality would be better on a 1 inch thick plasma
In many cases yes, but you can't place the blame solely on the 'idiot' consumer when the majority of TVs on the market (and therefore in stores, on retailer websites) are LCD anyway. The manufacturers have been focusing their efforts in terms of design, features etc on LCD for years already.
That is because it is all about profit it costs a lot less to produce lcd/led then plasma.
Retailers get a bigger mark up on lcd/led then plasma this is another reason a lot of the retailers didn't even stock them.
It was inevitable. People want thin screens to put on the wall. Plasma uses more power so was coming under pressure from green regulations in places like California and the EU. The demand for ever bigger screens where plasma tech just doesn't scale as easily or cheaply. The current manufacturer push towards 4K/UHD, again difficult economically and technically with plasma tech. LED tech finally managing to match plasma black levels on higher end models.
Other technologies just got better and caught up, leaving plasma with very few advantages for either the consumers or the manufacturers. If it wasn't now, it would be when OLED gets cheap and gains traction in a few more years.
Other technologies just got better and caught up, leaving plasma with very few advantages for either the consumers or the manufacturers. If it wasn't now, it would be when OLED gets cheap and gains traction in a few more years.
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pretty much this, I have the 50" version and now plasma is dead, i'll keep it until it dies. it should last 10-20 years I imagine.
by then it will probably be relegated to gaming only use and I have a fancy 65"+ OLED for everything else
42G30. Keeping it until it dies.
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Sammy ps60F5500 over here. Bought as i knew plasmas were on the way out and wanted to try the tech. Love it best tv ive had and made my sammy 40"d8000 look like a toy.
I suspect so. Certainly in the areas that are lacking. I'm hoping for crt levels of blackness and motion with the screen sizes, resolution and crispness of digital displays.