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Panasonic Announces an End To Plasma TVs In March

Posted by timothy on from the what-will-you-use-your-plasma-torch-for-now? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "You thought Halloween was for treats. Not this time. Panasonic announced to its investors today that its plasma TV business would be over by the end of March 2014." Blacker blacks and brighter whites aside, there are some good reasons for the shift.

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  1. Re:Betamax by geekoid · · Score: 1, Troll

    Define superior?
    Betamax was licensing and taps size. The technical merits that it was better with didn't out way the areas people wanted. Plus you watch a tape a few times and all those betamax advantages went away anyways.

    Plasma is a huge power sink, and doesn't work with the incoming tech.

    Plasma doesn't have 4k people will afford. It needs to have some redesign.
    Plasma is a huge energy sync.

    So by those metrics, it isn't better.

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