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Originally Posted by Karmyna /forum/post/18247714
And yet Plasma is a dying breed.
You forgot to talk about the plasma low point like IR, buzzing, heat, higher electric bills.
...high point of LCD like a brighter picture, no 100 hours break in period, lighter, cooler, sharper.
If you don't talk about both side of the coin then you are doing some fanboism.
The ratio of plasma vs lcd purchased is also quite something. People don't seem to mind LCDs shortcoming as much as you do.
Maybe you've got inside information? I dont see plasma dying. Panasonic bought out the Kuro technology from Pioneer, I doubt if they'd do that for no reason. If plasma dies it'll be because a better technology comes along and beats plasma's pq, which will also kill lcd.
We all know that consumers dont necessarily choose what they want. We're talked into things by marketing hype and good sales people all the time.
Actually the LCD bright picture isnt a high point for me, and many others. I find them too bright and when I try to change that I end up with a poorer pq. For me a viewing room is a room with low light, I've always preferred watching tv in low light whether it's a crt, lcd, or plasma.
I recently bought a plasma (already own a lcd and a crt) and in it's 1st week was mainly used to watch Olympics, with the ever present channel logos. That was it's "break in." No problem with IR or burn here. It's a Samsung and does not buzz. My CRT uses more electricity so that's not a concern for me. It doesnt create excessive heat but yes they do use a bit more power than a lcd. Again, not a concern for me. The trade off for lighter, brighter and your other points were carefully considered by me when I was shopping and I learned that the so called shortcomings of plasma were mostly untrue and for those that are true are not enough for me to give up the better pq that plasma has over lcd. Off axis viewing is common where my plasma is situated so I simply cannot have an lcd in that room. For that reason alone it will not work and I wont bother going into the other lcd shortcomings.
My lcd in the bedroom works for me, since most viewing is done from the bed, straight on. But move to sitting on the side of the bed or off the bed and ...yuk, I cant handle that. Lighter and cooler do absolutely nothing for pq so as I'm getting annoyed at the off axis problem and other lcd characteristics, I dont feel at ease when I remind myself that it's lighter and cooler.
What major manufacturers are still making plasma? The most major ones.
Smart move on their part to capture both markets. Inch for inch on low and mid range tv's, the bottom line for people who are critical of and know what a quality realistic picture looks like, the plasmas are always rated higher. As far as the Kuro in all it's glory, it's out of reach for most people's budgets, it's not what I'd call mainstream.
To each their own and I dont fault anyone for their choices but misinformation and pushing one or the other by spreading falsehoods isnt the proper way to help some one decide. I always say, let your eyes decide.
