Matsushita, parent company of Panasonic, will intro the world's first 42-inch 1080p plasma display in Japan on April 27th. U.S. pricing will be around $2,500 when it hits our store shelves in June -- a steep $900 premium over the company's newest 1024 x 768 model that debuted last month. More from Reuters.
I really don't see a ton of significance with the 42" 1080p PDP -- for the same money you can get a pretty nice 50" 1366 x 768 plasma and I guarantee that you'll appreciate the extra 8 inches far more than the increased resolution. In fact, at CES this year I was in the Panasonic booth where they had 1080p images playing on both standard and 1080p plasmas. I could honestly only see a difference on 2 of the 10 or so images -- and the Panasonic guy I talked to told me he could really only see an improved picture on 3 of them.
So while 1080p has a lot of buzz these days and Matsushita undoubtedly felt pressured to produce a sub-50" 1080p plasma display to compete with LCD makers like Sony and Sharp, it's hard for me to advise people that 1080p is worth the price premium right now.
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You dont want plasma screens because the gas that is used in those screens reduces in volume over about 5 years which means your tv is dead after 5 years. Buy LCD only as they last for ages.
Yeah the first comment is completely
idiotic. Plasmas have 60,000 hours
before they reduce to half as bright.
Do the math, at 6 hours of viewing per day, it would take 27 years for plasmas to get to half brightness.
5 years...uh no, more like my plasma has the potential to survive close to 50 years. It will still be around long after I'm dead.
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