Just curious as to member's feelings about the future of Plasma TV. Is anyone still buying them? Certainly the prices have come down considerably to make them affordable. Is it true that they are big power users?
Are Plasma TV's A Thing Of The Past
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I recently bought a Pioneer plasma even though Pioneer has stopped making them and it generates some heat. It was simply the best picture I have seen and I have no interest in 3D. I hope they will continue to be available and evolve. California's "green" legislation is a real problem for it, though.
Not very. The heat from this 50" Kuro can be felt from 2' away as you walk by and it throws off more heat than the old Fujitsu that I have at the CT house. Frankly, if it was a non-trivial procedure, I would swap them to cut down my heating costs at the house! I will take a look at the power consumption ratings and update this post.
There is no question that Plasma is on the defensive and in a big way against LCD. I think its days are numbered for mass market displays. However, it will carve a niche in very large displays such as 100 to 150 inches that Panasonic has been producing. The latter costs $500K by the way!
Problem with state of Plasma is that once Pioneer left the market, innovations slowed down. And we have companies like Panasonic shipping Plasma units which degrade in performance after use (black level goes up). So unless there is another Kuro like development, there is little hope for it.
Problem with state of Plasma is that once Pioneer left the market, innovations slowed down. And we have companies like Panasonic shipping Plasma units which degrade in performance after use (black level goes up). So unless there is another Kuro like development, there is little hope for it.
I would think that "glare" is as big of an issue as any. In fact, my wife and I went into a big box store recently and the two questions; where and at what times is the TV being viewed was the first questions from the sales assistant (once we found one and waited 10 minutes).
Plasma screens reflect light like a mirror, LCD's are flat at any angle and big plus for many.
Plasma screens reflect light like a mirror, LCD's are flat at any angle and big plus for many.
Pioneer is a very small company relative to the others and simply couldn't keep running their business as they did. Display research and development is very costly and they just did not have the volume to make up for that. And they were suffering from other problems, forcing major reorganizations.
Unfortunately the latest trend in LCD is glossy screens. It is getting very hard to find matt units.
The GLARE issue is a non-issue as far as I'm concerned. Our old CRT's suffered from the same issue, yet no one ever was ever troubled by it. The LCD crowd made it an issue.
LCD`s may be flat at any angle, but they suffer hugely from image quality once you get past a certain angle (45 degrees perhaps).
John
Well, there was an opportunity for advancement beyond the CRT with LCDs. The LCD polarization meant that reflected light would be sharply reduced. But by putting glossy filters in front of the unit, that principal is defeated.
Also, due to high voltage circuits inside CRTs, they were dust magnets so had reduced glare in practice. That, and the smaller area made the problem less severe than on a glossy 55 inch LCD.
As for viewing angle, IPS units like the ones used by LG are pretty nice. They have poor black levels to be sure, but viewing angle is pretty good.
Also, due to high voltage circuits inside CRTs, they were dust magnets so had reduced glare in practice. That, and the smaller area made the problem less severe than on a glossy 55 inch LCD.
As for viewing angle, IPS units like the ones used by LG are pretty nice. They have poor black levels to be sure, but viewing angle is pretty good.
Yes my Panasonic 50" does 1080 p. But there's 1080 p and 1080 p with the Panasonics.
Sure. My Pioneer does 1080p and does it beautifully. The Fujitsu is relatively old and I have had it for 5 years.
Hi Amir,
Are there Panny plasmas which wouldn't do this, perhaps the "business" grade Premiere display
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