Are Plasma TVs the Next BetaMax?

Lev13than writes "An article in the Toronto Star questions whether the battle between LCD and Plasma is the next VHS vs. Beta: "LCD is now in plasma country, and this means war — a war some say plasma can't hope to win". Rationale for LCD's victory include plasma's burn-in vs. LCD's ruggedness, improved images and falling prices. While the Beta analogy isn't particularly helpful (since both technologies play the same content), the article does raise interesting points."

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Re:If Plasma is betamax

[Anonymous Coward]

CRT is a dinosaur. Resolution is poor, it's a pain to keep a quality image, and the things are ridiculously large and heavy. You still get your old-timers claiming they're the best technology out there, but they are absolutely not. Latest gen DLP, SXRD (Sony LCOS), and LCOS in general destroy it in almost every metric except possibly black levels (and that's close now). LCD and Plasma are still better in resolution and sharpness and the form factor makes them a much more attractive option for 99% of people.

So you be happy with yours, that's fine. But they're a dying technology and they're not dying because of a fickle or uneducated market, they're dying because they're horrifyingly large and difficult to maintain properly.

Re:MOD PARENT DOWN

[deepb]

This CRT [philipschannel.com] will do 1080p with plenty of room left over.

Ignoring, for a moment, that I specifically referred to "CRT televisions" as opposed to "CRT technology" - your example does not support 1920x1080. The closest it will get is 1920x1440, and on top of that it's not the right aspect ratio.