After the heartbreak of losing Pioneer's excellent Kuro line, Panasonic's plasma displays were the last bastion of hope for plasma TV enthusiasts, but now even they are going extinct. Panasonic today confirmed a Reuters report from earlier this month that it is exiting the plasma TV market with almost immediate effect — production of new units will end in December and all related operations will be wrapped by March next year. Two of Panasonic's three factories have already stopped building new units and the third will join them in about a month's time. The Verge reported this past April that the company had ceased all future plasma display development.
Panasonic made a strong effort to push its plasma TVs this year — coming to CES in January with a fully refreshed home theater lineup — however the economics of plasma display production just haven't worked out for the company. Though consumer demand is apparently still firm, Panasonic says that "due to rapid, drastic changes in the business environment" and price pressure from more affordable LCD TVs, the unhappy decision had to be made. That leaves HD enthusiasts with a few months to save up the money to buy a ZT60, the last in a proud line of beautiful TVs.
As for the future, a Panasonic Display vice president told The Verge in April that plasma research and development efforts would likely be diverted to OLED. The company sees televisions using the technology as "one of the key future products," and it is working to insure that it can make affordable OLED TVs that still leave room for profit before putting any up for sale. If and when that day comes, sticklers for the picture quality offered by plasmas should be more than happy with OLEDs.
Plasma is better than LCD/LED if their spec is the same, given that Plasma projecting light directly to your eye balls and give a way better colors and contrast while LCD/LED projecting light horizontally, however the downfall of it is that the projection will slowly die over time with broken pixels and also image burn if u didn't take care of it. Plasma is also famous for sucking up a lot of energy and not eco friendly compare to LCD/LED.
That's what I learned, correct me if i'm wrong.
Speaking of which, when I bought my LED 3 days ago, I was standing infront of a panasonic Plasma and another LCD next to it, both projecting the same video, but plasma color is indeed giving better vibrant and depth to the footage, could be my hallucination tho
This post has been edited by TheEvilMan: Nov 2 2013, 10:45 AM
Plasma is better than LCD/LED if their spec is the same, given that Plasma projecting light directly to your eye balls and give a way better colors and contrast while LCD/LED projecting light horizontally, however the downfall of it is that the projection will slowly die over time with broken pixels and also image burn if u didn't take care of it. Plasma is also famous for sucking up a lot of energy and not eco friendly compare to LCD/LED.
That's what I learned, correct me if i'm wrong.
Speaking of which, when I bought my LED 3 days ago, I was standing infront of a panasonic Plasma and another LCD next to it, both projecting the same video, but plasma color is indeed giving better vibrant and depth to the footage, could be my hallucination tho
indeed it's better.. viewing big screen 70-80 LCD viewing 1080p always give me low quality images but on plasma looks damn good.
46 no need 4k yet lor.. just sit further away.. just like how apple justifies retina is 326ppi for iphone and 220ppi for laptop.. u sit further back so get same effect.
46 no need 4k yet lor.. just sit further away.. just like how apple justifies retina is 326ppi for iphone and 220ppi for laptop.. u sit further back so get same effect.
i wan 100" in my room (inb4 it probably will mount the whole wall lol)
what maintenence? i didnt do any for my 2 HD projectors. bulb changed once for 720p which came free with the panasonic.
i'm not very sure abt it, but the dude told my brother (who has a projector hall) that the lens will have to change every now and then when it start to "die", no idea cos i'm never into projector, i prefer sharp and very crystal clear color/contrast/vibrant
i'm not very sure abt it, but the dude told my brother (who has a projector hall) that the lens will have to change every now and then when it start to "die", no idea cos i'm never into projector, i prefer sharp and very crystal clear color/contrast/vibrant
yes that the bulb...they degrade over time. depends on quality n built. overtime it will show yellowish color on the screen...
actually watching blu-ray in plasma i feel is kinda bazir
you lose all the sharpness...
in my mind plasma tv picture is still kinda like cinema look and grainy
thats the whole idea. the director shoots in film and thats what he wants you to see - a film like picture if he wanted you to see a digital video, he could have shot it using a digital cam, then you will get a "soap opera" effect
This post has been edited by idoblu: Nov 2 2013, 08:47 PM
lives goes on,sad day for me, i'm a fan of display which using phosphor gas, hopefully oled could be cheap in 5 year, and hope my plasma tv can last 5 more year
lives goes on,sad day for me, i'm a fan of display which using phosphor gas, hopefully oled could be cheap in 5 year, and hope my plasma tv can last 5 more year
should be better and oled pixel produced its own light(not like lcd) and lighter, but the worry goes on the lifespan and price is damn expensive now. however, panasonic are focusing on oled development now.
plasma panel are over-saturated as oled, but the plasma tv able to show SRGB source as natural as possible
This post has been edited by zerorating: Nov 2 2013, 09:01 PM
lives goes on,sad day for me, i'm a fan of display which using phosphor gas, hopefully oled could be cheap in 5 year, and hope my plasma tv can last 5 more year
and for the first year mainstream, you need to pay really much, and only 55inch model is introduced. i will only buy if manufacturer managed to produce 40inch oled tv if the price less than 7k
and for the first year mainstream, you need to pay really much, and only 55inch model is introduced. i will only buy if manufacturer managed to produce 40inch oled tv if the price less than 7k
They just got massive price cut last month
LG going to push oled so it is now less than 10k usd for 55"
I think two year it will replaces led tv with the a few k rm
The got 77" version already also oled tv are curved
This post has been edited by robertngo: Nov 2 2013, 09:08 PM
should be better and oled pixel produced its own light(not like lcd) and lighter, but the worry goes on the lifespan and price is damn expensive now. however, panasonic are focusing on oled development now.
plasma panel are over-saturated as oled, but the plasma tv able to show SRGB source as natural as possible
does it has deep black levels same like plasma? i dont like watching a movies on lcd coz the black colour is not black it's gray colour actually
After the heartbreak of losing Pioneer's excellent Kuro line, Panasonic's plasma displays were the last bastion of hope for plasma TV enthusiasts, but now even they are going extinct. Panasonic today confirmed a Reuters report from earlier this month that it is exiting the plasma TV market with almost immediate effect — production of new units will end in December and all related operations will be wrapped by March next year. Two of Panasonic's three factories have already stopped building new units and the third will join them in about a month's time. The Verge reported this past April that the company had ceased all future plasma display development.
Panasonic made a strong effort to push its plasma TVs this year — coming to CES in January with a fully refreshed home theater lineup — however the economics of plasma display production just haven't worked out for the company. Though consumer demand is apparently still firm, Panasonic says that "due to rapid, drastic changes in the business environment" and price pressure from more affordable LCD TVs, the unhappy decision had to be made. That leaves HD enthusiasts with a few months to save up the money to buy a ZT60, the last in a proud line of beautiful TVs.
As for the future, a Panasonic Display vice president told The Verge in April that plasma research and development efforts would likely be diverted to OLED. The company sees televisions using the technology as "one of the key future products," and it is working to insure that it can make affordable OLED TVs that still leave room for profit before putting any up for sale. If and when that day comes, sticklers for the picture quality offered by plasmas should be more than happy with OLEDs.
Though saddening but the old technology will inevitably be replaced with the new Good thing I already bought one, frame rate good enough to play ps3 games... will upgrade in another 10 yrs or so in relation to OLED
Nov 2 2013, 12:36 AM, updated 13y ago
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just like how apple justifies retina is 326ppi for iphone and 220ppi for laptop.. 
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