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Originally Posted by NxNW 
Choice is good, but then again you have to basically sit with your knees touching a 42" plasma to get the "full benefit" (or really even see any benefit) of 1080p.
The typical use case for a "television" is in the home. In the home, a typical use case is a living room. In a living room, a typical use case is a teen foot distance between couch and TV.
A 42" TV just doesn't need 1080p at that distance.
Plus I believe it costs more to make a panel with smaller plasma cells (all other things being equal).
You can make a product with shrinking margins for a growing market, or a product with growing margins for a shrinking market, but you can't make a product with shrinking margins for a shrinking market.
Choice is good, but then again you have to basically sit with your knees touching a 42" plasma to get the "full benefit" (or really even see any benefit) of 1080p.
The typical use case for a "television" is in the home. In the home, a typical use case is a living room. In a living room, a typical use case is a teen foot distance between couch and TV.
A 42" TV just doesn't need 1080p at that distance.
Plus I believe it costs more to make a panel with smaller plasma cells (all other things being equal).
You can make a product with shrinking margins for a growing market, or a product with growing margins for a shrinking market, but you can't make a product with shrinking margins for a shrinking market.
Yes, but you're forgetting that LCD sells gajillions of 40" 1080p panels and that, for many people, 40-42" is all their budget or space will afford-- or perhaps all the display they feel they will need! By removing the 42" as a choice, Panasonic is basically ceding the small/mid-size market to LCD. Meaning less and less people will be exposed to plasma as a choice because-- let's face it-- 1080p is a standard that most shoppers will require. Less exposure means fewer recommendations for friends and family and fewer returning shoppers as LCD worked so well last time...
So far I haven't been able to find out much info on the ut42 or the 43e550. I just found the 42ut50 on Amazon on Sunday. Does anybody know what adjustments are available on the ut50? Does it have the same video processing as say the ST series? Any gray scale adjustments? BTW what is the pro setup I see mentioned on the ST series?
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