http://www.audioholics.com/news/indu...sma-tv-is-dead

 

good thing i bought an LCD and not a plasma tv then

 

lcd > plasma

 

Not only are plasma tvs on their way out but HD DVD is done too. Blu Ray took off and the HDDVD didn't. end of story.

 

Just because one manufacturer stops making their own panels and starts buying from someone else, does not mean that plasma is dead. Plasma is betterin low light situations, has better blacks and more contrast than LCDs. Iam still planning on buying a plasma HDTVshortly in 720p format. Dothe research. If you watch BluRay then get 1080p, if not the 720p works best, especially at showing action. If you doubt that plasma has blacker blacks, look at your LCD computer screen on standby in a dark room. It looks grey not black.

 

I love my 42 inch plasma tv. The colors just jump out at you.
p.s. i love watching my tv sitting almost sideways to the tv lol

 

Plasmas arent dead.. limping/dying? Maybe but not dead. It's still cheaper and easier to make plasma TV's than LCD and there's still a few companies kicking around making them. The only reason why Plasma isn't really taking off is because it's more of an enthusiast thing than a consumer thing. Much better picture quality on a Plasma but too much hassle. Fans blowing constantly, major possibility of burn in, and terrible DVD upscaling. LCD's are smaller, more thin, have better DVD upscaling, don't have annoyingly loud fans and won't cause burn in.

I'd go with an LED backlit LCD myself, LCD technology is catching up to plasma in terms of quality.

 

i just got a 50' fujitsu plasma for free ninety-nine... i don't really care if it is going downhill production-wise, i didn't pay for it and the still is a lot prettier to look at than an lcd. oh, i am moving this weekend and one thing i do hate about it is that it weighs fuggin 85 lbs... sucks[:'(]

 

Besides even if all the companies stopped making plasma TV's today they still wouldn't be irrelevant. Hell most consumer technology is just now catching up to the type of stuff plasma TV's can output.

 

All companies that were making HD DVD are not going to be making it, as all major retail locations are pulling HD DVD off the shelves and not selling them, so HD Dvd is pretty much gone