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New Larger TVs Favor LCD Over Plasma

Posted by Zonk on from the shiny-writ-large dept.

Information Week is carrying a Reuters story examining the shift towards LCD technology in recent large-screen television models. Though some analysts acknowledge that plasma displays have faster response times over large surfaces, the industry seems to be betting that consumers will prefer higher resolution images over time. From the article: "CPT's Wu agrees that plasma panels, especially 50-inch and larger ones, do excel LCDs in some aspects of picture quality, but he says the sheer size of the LCD camp will help LCD panels overcome whatever drawbacks they have in a timely manner ...With the 40-inch-class market gradually taken over by LCD TVs, plasma models need to migrate to the market for 50-inch TVs and above, but demand is not as well developed there, analysts say. 'The United States accounts for more than 70 percent of demand for 50-inch plasma TVs and larger. In other words, there is virtually no 50-inch-class plasma TV market outside the United States,' DisplaySearch director Hisakazu Torii said."

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  1. Hmm... by iamdrscience · · Score: 5, Funny

    I understand the arguement for LCDs, but "Plasma" just sounds so much cooler. In order to make sure that LCDs are the winnning technology, I propose that companies who make LCDs start referring to their displays as "Liquivision" TVs and high-def LCDs as "Extreme Liquivision Plus".

    Also, they should put racing stripes on them.

    1. Re:Hmm... by PhunkySchtuff · · Score: 2, Funny

      I think you've hit the nail right on the head there.
      A mate of mine just knows that Plasma is the one to get, not this LDC (sic) or whatever...
      I work with his partner, and have been educating her as to the benefits of LCD.
      Recently they were out shopping and passed by an A/V store, so they went in for a look - he wanted to prove that LCDs were crap and Plasmas were without a doubt the one to get.

      He walked purposefully into the store, had a good look over the various screens on display and then walked over to one, pointed it out and said "There, told you so, look at the picture. this is the one we're getting"

      "Uh, dear... That's an LCD"

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  2. To hell with plasma and LCD by eebra82 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm waiting for one of those VR sets they promised us back in the 90s.

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  3. Re:SED anyone? by bmo · · Score: 4, Funny

    SED? What an unfortunate acronym for a display technology.

    SED: /SED/, n.
      [TMRC, from Light-Emitting Diode] Smoke-emitting diode. A friode that lost the war. See also LER. [Not to be confused with sed(1), the Unix stream editor. ESR]

    http://catb.org/jargon/html/S/SED.html

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