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.
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