http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/01/panasonic-undercutting-its-own-lcd-hdtvs-focuses-on-plasma/ Engadget HD Comments for Panasonic undercutting its own LCD HDTVs, focuses on plasma? http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/01/panasonic-undercutting-its-own-lcd-hdtvs-focuses-on-plasma/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/01/panasonic-undercutting-its-own-lcd-hdtvs-focuses-on-plasma/Jan 1st 2007 4:36PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/01/panasonic-undercutting-its-own-lcd-hdtvs-focuses-on-plasma/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/01/panasonic-undercutting-its-own-lcd-hdtvs-focuses-on-plasma/
Oh, I do agree on the contrast performance of plasma. It why I an waiting for the next +50" plasma from Vizio.]]>Jan 1st 2007 5:05PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/01/panasonic-undercutting-its-own-lcd-hdtvs-focuses-on-plasma/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/01/panasonic-undercutting-its-own-lcd-hdtvs-focuses-on-plasma/Jan 1st 2007 11:00PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/01/panasonic-undercutting-its-own-lcd-hdtvs-focuses-on-plasma/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/01/panasonic-undercutting-its-own-lcd-hdtvs-focuses-on-plasma/Jan 2nd 2007 1:04AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/01/panasonic-undercutting-its-own-lcd-hdtvs-focuses-on-plasma/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/01/panasonic-undercutting-its-own-lcd-hdtvs-focuses-on-plasma/If profit margins on small LCD-TVs are plummeting it makes sense to concentrate on the more lucrative (and IMHO far superior in terms of PQ) plasmas.
Pioneer has also been trying to establish plasma as the best display technology for which you have to pay a premium over LCD. ]]>Jan 2nd 2007 5:39AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/01/panasonic-undercutting-its-own-lcd-hdtvs-focuses-on-plasma/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/01/01/panasonic-undercutting-its-own-lcd-hdtvs-focuses-on-plasma/
LCD profits are going down just like the CRTs they are replacing. You don't drop LCDs because of that, you make larger, thinner, better ones. Small companies like Vizio is smiling I'm sure. ]]>Jan 2nd 2007 5:48PM