Kuro tv's have/had the best contrast ratio and blacks were really black. And yes. I think that they are no longer producing plasmas any more.
-----Original Message----- From: maccrawj <maccr...@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:48:23 To: <hardware@hardwaregroup.com> Subject: Re: [H] advise I thought Pioneer was out of the plasma business last year thus not making Kuro sets anymore? Yes, they WERE the best, pricey, and worth it but no longer made AFAIK. Winterlight wrote: > 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. > > > <snip>
