LG's PG7000 plasma claims infinite contrast, too
[Thanks, heikki]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Loban @ May 14th 2008 9:54AM
Before anyone says this is stupid or ridiculous or impossible, I just wanted to say that it's really not that ridiculous. It's the law of diminishing returns. At some point the black level ratio is so high, it just doesn't matter anymore and the human eye begins to lose the ability to tell the difference between one ratio and another. So when the ratio becomes so high, to the human eye it's essentially infinite. And if there's any technology that can do it, it's plasma. If LCD ever kills plasma, i'm just gonna cry.
PaRaSiTe @ May 14th 2008 11:32AM
Loban, you are wrong. When you have a set that can achieve infinite black, you will see color in its purest form. You would be painting color on the screen with no influence of extra light. You will also gain the ability to achieve perfect shadow detail, but this will all depend on how the TV manages gamma. LG recent sets have made huge strides in quality and the number of adjustments that can be made. Even the 50PG20 now has more adjustments then my Elite Kuro. I am very excited to see these new panels since I'm also a dealer. What really is exciting is the fact LG has much lower prices then other manuafactures, because they produce the entire set inside and out so they can control cost. When these new panels hit they are gonna turn the industry of high end displays on its head, and cause the biggest reduction in price of high quality displays then we have yet had.
Cole Mitguard @ May 14th 2008 12:12PM
Despite the fact that LG has gotten better... they are still FAR from being a Pioneer. As someone in the business, LG has a long way to go before they are going to take one sale from Pioneer. As most whom buy Pioneer, at least in retail store (not us online price hunters), would never buy anything that what is considered the best. But at least LG has moved away from its days of triple pane glass. And from the picture, it looks as if they have also dropped the ridiculous recessed control panel with the buttons that are not tactile, and impossible to find in the dark because they only light up on contact, as they have had on their upper end plasmas of last year. I do like to see more interest in Plasmas though, I love the picture, and I could never find myself buying a 52" LCD to replace my current 50" Plasma (Kuro) and this gives me hope that there is chance that I will be able to replace it with something even better... and that Plasma's arent going anywhere soon.
Nigel Tufnel @ May 14th 2008 3:19PM
It's like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black.
EJNelly @ May 15th 2008 12:58AM
Is anybody else expecting the next batch of plasma sets to claim a contrast ratio of infinity times two?