Folks, let me introduce you to
the biggest plasma in the world:
a 103-incher by Panasonic. Yeah,
Samsung is no longer the reigning king with a 102-inch plasma as Panasonic is now the king of the hill by just one
inch. Of course the set is 1080p; I do not think Panasonic would dare to show up at CES with out it. There is no word
yet if this model will be available for purchase, but you can count on it costing more then a lot of houses.
More then likely the set was manufactured as a tech demo/research project. They had to rethink the cell structure
that holds the phosphor in creating this
big huge plasma. The research that went into this monster
however is sure to trickle down to models that most people can afford.
It's hard to decide. We're seeing so many great HDTVs every day like these two giants -- and some not so giant -- but still, which one of these screens would we rather take home? On the left we've got Samsung's old school 102-inch plasma, on the right Sharp's new 108-inch 1080p Aquos LCD. Some people could be content with a mere 102-inch or even 103-inch screen and prefer plasma to LCD, but with 120Hz motion and other advancements coming off of Sharp's 8th-generation manufacturing line its impossible to say no to the new size king in town. Check out the gallery for a couple more pictures of both.
