Pioneer and Vizio to drop Plasma TVs

[AD720]

Bottom line is the today's consumer wants lots of inches for little bits of dollars and really isn't interested in the picture quality.

This fact is evident due to the people that buy the $750 42 inch at Sam's club and leave it in factory torch mode with every setting at 100% and say "Hey it's a 1080p look how good it looks." while it's being feed with a composite cable and the colors are so over saturated that the grass on the football field is blue.

I am not surprised in the least that companies are dropping Plasma in favor of LCD, they are cheaper to make, cheaper to transport and move faster of the shelves due to the lower price.

I don't want it to seem like I am knocking LCD at all, there are some that look absolutely amazing when they are set up right. I went with a Plasma but with one of today's higher end LCD's I would probably be happy too.

[JE3146]

Originally Posted by AD720

Bottom line is the today's consumer wants lots of inches for little bits of dollars and really isn't interested in the picture quality.

This fact is evident due to the people that buy the $750 42 inch at Sam's club and leave it in factory torch mode with every setting at 100% and say "Hey it's a 1080p look how good it looks." while it's being feed with a composite cable and the colors are so over saturated that the grass on the football field is blue.

I am not surprised in the least that companies are dropping Plasma in favor of LCD, they are cheaper to make, cheaper to transport and move faster of the shelves due to the lower price.

I don't want it to seem like I am knocking LCD at all, there are some that look absolutely amazing when they are set up right. I went with a Plasma but with one of today's higher end LCD's I would probably be happy too.

Lately Plasmas have been the bang for buck, not LCD's. Companies just like the higher profit margins of LCD's. Even though they're inferior when compared dollar for dollar, inch for inch in most A/B tests that I witnessed while shopping for TV's and helping people shop for TV's over the past few years.

Only thing LCD's offer is no burn in Which is non-existent anymore.

[AD720]

Originally Posted by JE3146

Lately Plasmas have been the bang for buck, not LCD's. Companies just like the higher profit margins of LCD's. Even though they're inferior when compared dollar for dollar, inch for inch in most A/B tests that I witnessed while shopping for TV's and helping people shop for TV's over the past few years.

Only thing LCD's offer is no burn in Which is non-existent anymore.

Bang for the buck maybe...but as far as out and out cheap I've yet to see a $399.99 plasma at the grocery store.

[JE3146]

Originally Posted by AD720

Bang for the buck maybe...but as far as out and out cheap I've yet to see a $399.99 plasma at the grocery store.

You don't see many 19" Plasmas either... outside of 'The Office'

[AD720]

Originally Posted by JE3146

You don't see many 19" Plasmas either... outside of 'The Office'

Originally Posted by Michael Scott

That is a 200 dollar plasma TV you've just killed. Good luck paying me back on your zero dollars a month plus benefits salary, babe!

FWIW The TV at the supermarket was a 42 inch LCD for $400 (come to think of it it might have been $500) right before X-mas. I've never heard of the brand and I am a big enough nerd to know a lot of the off brands. I wouldn't have bought it but I'm sure someone did. If I recall correctly they had a 32 inch Plasma (yes, a 32 inch Plasma is what it said on the box) for around the same price.

[RGD.]

Originally Posted by AD720

Bottom line is the today's consumer wants lots of inches for little bits of dollars and really isn't interested in the picture quality.

Yep - My neighbor bought this huge 56 or 60 inch LCD at 720dpi. He thinks it looks great.


Ron