The Kuro is advertised with black levels that are not reproduceable in a room with a light on, nor possible if even a single pixel is turned on on the display. Furthermore, the range of contrast is higher than that which is even possible to express with an NTSC or HDTV signal.
My Sharp has a stated (dynamic) contrast ratio of 18,000:1. This number is COMPLETE BS, just like the figures given by Plasmas like the Kuro.
In the end, why don't I have a plasma? Because they are ridiculously expensive, ridiculously heavy (my 52" is lighter than a 40" plasma) and use ridiculous amounts of power. On top of that, since I don't have A/C, the extra heat they throw off just makes me more uncomfortable in the summer. Finally, since plasma (like DLP) cannot display any shades of color at all (or grey), it must rapidly switch on and off individual pixels to simulate gradients, and this is what turns me off.
With the Kuro, you are being sold a bill of goods. Is it a good set? Yeah. But it's all about the marketing. If Kuros (meaning plasma Kuros) were so goddamn great, Pioneer wouldn't have exited the market.
And now they're going to take the name they built up and just slap it on anything they can. LCD? Yep. Cell phone? Sure. I can't wait to get my Kuro wristwatch. In the end, it won't be people like me with my allegedly groundless attacks who bring the Kuro name down into the gutter, it'll be Pioneer's own marketing. It's too bad too. Pioneer sure showed me the way when I bought my LaserDisc player from them and they were first into the market (in the US at least) with their (50"?) plasma years ago.
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why not the LS2LS7? @ Apr 8th 2008 2:36AM
I own a Sharp.
The Kuro is advertised with black levels that are not reproduceable in a room with a light on, nor possible if even a single pixel is turned on on the display. Furthermore, the range of contrast is higher than that which is even possible to express with an NTSC or HDTV signal.
My Sharp has a stated (dynamic) contrast ratio of 18,000:1. This number is COMPLETE BS, just like the figures given by Plasmas like the Kuro.
In the end, why don't I have a plasma? Because they are ridiculously expensive, ridiculously heavy (my 52" is lighter than a 40" plasma) and use ridiculous amounts of power. On top of that, since I don't have A/C, the extra heat they throw off just makes me more uncomfortable in the summer. Finally, since plasma (like DLP) cannot display any shades of color at all (or grey), it must rapidly switch on and off individual pixels to simulate gradients, and this is what turns me off.
With the Kuro, you are being sold a bill of goods. Is it a good set? Yeah. But it's all about the marketing. If Kuros (meaning plasma Kuros) were so goddamn great, Pioneer wouldn't have exited the market.
And now they're going to take the name they built up and just slap it on anything they can. LCD? Yep. Cell phone? Sure. I can't wait to get my Kuro wristwatch. In the end, it won't be people like me with my allegedly groundless attacks who bring the Kuro name down into the gutter, it'll be Pioneer's own marketing. It's too bad too. Pioneer sure showed me the way when I bought my LaserDisc player from them and they were first into the market (in the US at least) with their (50"?) plasma years ago.