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Loban @ Sep 22nd 2008 12:27PM
I also find that LCD is more popular than Plasma just due to advertising. Samsung LCDs are the official HDTV of the NFL after all. Lots of people see those commercials which makes them want one even if they don't know anything about them. Plus LCD manufacturers like to play the "numbers game" in their advertisements. 120Hz is a bigger number than 60Hz so it must be better right? I just saw a KURO commercial yesterday and from the commercial there was no way to tell that KURO are literally the absolute best TV you can buy today. It was just a normal rather boring commercial and to the average person it was much less informative and exciting than a typically Samsung commercial. If Plasma is going to ever take the lead they're going to have to change their way of communicating to consumers. They need to explain why 120Hz means nothing to a Plasma and why contrast ration on a Plasma will always be better. They need to explain why burn-in is a thing of the past. They need to explain, in plain english, why the technology is superior to LCD on a fundamental level. A Plasma can produce a much better picture than LCD without having to resort to all the smoke and mirror tricks that LCDs do nowadways (120Hz, edge enhancement, noise filtering, smart color, etc. etc.). You can literally just turn on a Plasma, leave off all the bullcrap DSP features and it will still look better.
There's a reason why, in the most recent 2008 HDTV face off in Home Theater Magazon, the top two spots were taken by Plasma. #1 was a Pioneer KURO (the only 720p set in the group) and #2 was a Panasonic VIERA.