A few years ago, consumers were convinced that LCDs lasted longer than plasma displays; a fallacy still passed down even today. Also, LCD manufacturers promoted 1080p panels as "FULL HD", implying that 720p and 1080i are insufficient resolutions. Unfortunately, consumers were never taught that resolution is relative to distance, that contrast trumps resolution, that many 1080p LCDs revert to 600p with moving images due to motion blur, and that LCDs' brighter image comes at the loss of contrast. So if consumers only know that LCDs last longer and are the only "FULL HD" displays, then why wouldn't consumers buy them by the truckload. The Plasma Display Coalition only has themselves to blame.
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kcjones @ Jun 22nd 2008 12:19AM
A few years ago, consumers were convinced that LCDs lasted longer than plasma displays; a fallacy still passed down even today. Also, LCD manufacturers promoted 1080p panels as "FULL HD", implying that 720p and 1080i are insufficient resolutions. Unfortunately, consumers were never taught that resolution is relative to distance, that contrast trumps resolution, that many 1080p LCDs revert to 600p with moving images due to motion blur, and that LCDs' brighter image comes at the loss of contrast. So if consumers only know that LCDs last longer and are the only "FULL HD" displays, then why wouldn't consumers buy them by the truckload. The Plasma Display Coalition only has themselves to blame.