At 08:31 PM 9/26/2009, you wrote:
IIRC, Pioneer has gotten out of the plasma TV game.
they haven't gotten out of it, but they no longer make their own glass... they now sub out their glass to Panasonic. Wether that is good or bad remains to be seen.
I have also heard that the plasmas are on the way out. Bobby -----Original Message----- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2009 11:18 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] advise At 07:00 PM 9/26/2009, you wrote: >Everything over 39" or so is 1080p, plasma is dead, you want 120hz >or better refresh I wouldn't say that. The best HD display available is still the Pioneer Elites, all be it they are very expensive. Plasma still has the best color, and black levels and I think you would be hard pressed to find an expert who doesn't think so. For high end 60 inch and above I still think they have a place. They just need to get the power requirement down..... and the price. this is a interesting article from last June http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2349236,00.asp June 24, 2009 -By Dr. Raymond Soneira, President DisplayMate Technologies Corp. LCD-Plasma Display Technology Shoot-Out If you were shopping for a large-screen HDTV just a few years ago you would have seen mostly Rear Projection HDTVs, based primarily on DLP, LCD and LCoS technologies, plus a fair number of pricey direct-view Plasmas, and maybe a few very expensive direct-view LCDs. It's amazing how the TV industry has abruptly toggled into an entirely different lineup. Now you'll see mostly direct-view LCDs together with a small number of Plasmas. If you look in some back corner you may find a few attractively priced Rear Projection DLP HDTVs. CRT and LCoS technologies are now dead for HDTVs, and Rear Projection is "a dead man walking." Scientifically, it's hard to understand why this happened because CRT, LCoS and DLP offered the highest picture quality at the lowest price, while direct-view large-screen LCDs have historically offered the lowest picture quality at the highest price. This seems to be the result of a series of consumer misconceptions together with some high powered industry marketing. Of course, all of the display technologies have improved dramatically over the last few years, so we decided to revisit this topic and do a new in-depth Shoot-Out comparison and analysis of LCD and Plasma technologies to find out how they are currently performing.
