plasma tv no available in 2006 for sony

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"michel chapleau" <chapleaue@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
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> truth of false what SONY stop the tv plasma in 2006
> thanks for the answer

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in the quebec the SONY STORE
tell what the tv plasma no available in 2006
my QUESTION ARE: WHO KNOW THE TRUTH STORY ABOUT OF TV PLASMA SONY?
thanks

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There was a press release in early 2005 (January I believe) where Sony
made an official annoucement that they would be abandoning Plasma
technology and would embrace LCD exclusively for their flat-panel
offerings for the near future.

Toshiba made a similar annoucement, stating they would abandon Plasma
in favor of SED displays.

Why you ask? Well, Plasma has some serious problems. It's at least as
prone (probably more so) to uneven phospher wear (aka screen burn-in)
as rear projection CRT technology, yet it cost three times as much.

>From what I've been told, current Plasma lifespans are also comperable
to CRT technology, when you're laying down $3000-$6000 for one of these
nice deplays, that just isn't acceptable for a lot of people. Many
people don't know this when they make their purchase. LCD technology
has potential for a much longer life because LCD displays do not burn
phospher the same way Plasma and CRT displays do.LCD displays do not
suffer from burn-in in the same way that Plasma and CRT technology
does. I'm not sure how much these factors weighed in on Sony's
decision, but I would bet they had something to do with it.

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"michel chapleau" <chapleaue@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
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> truth of false what SONY stop the tv plasma in 2006
> thanks for the answer

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Jeremy.Deats@gmail.com wrote:

> There was a press release in early 2005 (January I believe) where Sony
> made an official annoucement that they would be abandoning Plasma
> technology and would embrace LCD exclusively for their flat-panel
> offerings for the near future.
>
> Toshiba made a similar annoucement, stating they would abandon Plasma
> in favor of SED displays.
>
> Why you ask? Well, Plasma has some serious problems. It's at least as
> prone (probably more so) to uneven phospher wear (aka screen burn-in)
> as rear projection CRT technology, yet it cost three times as much.
>
>>From what I've been told, current Plasma lifespans are also comperable
> to CRT technology, when you're laying down $3000-$6000 for one of these
> nice deplays, that just isn't acceptable for a lot of people. Many
> people don't know this when they make their purchase. LCD technology
> has potential for a much longer life because LCD displays do not burn
> phospher the same way Plasma and CRT displays do.LCD displays do not
> suffer from burn-in in the same way that Plasma and CRT technology
> does. I'm not sure how much these factors weighed in on Sony's
> decision, but I would bet they had something to do with it.

Part of the reason that both Toshiba will and Sony may be getting out
of selling plasma TVs is that neither is a significant manufacturer of
plasmas. Sony buys their plasma screens from Samsung and NEC and
repackages them. So neither of them get the profit from the plasmas that
Panasonic, Samsung, LG, Pioneer/NEC, etc do. Toshiba is gambling that
SED will work and that they will be able to make them in quantity at a
cost effective price. Sony is likely to go the LCD route because they
have a joint manufacturing deal with Samsung, IIRC.

As for plasma life spans, the current rated life span of the
Panasonic's is 60,000 hours to half-brightness. Samsung claims 50,000
hours IIRC. That is a lot longer than the CRTs we have been buying for
generations without worrying about if it will fade in 15 to 20 years.

Which technology will win the flat screen wars? Plasma has the better
picture quality, black levels, dynamic range and currently has the price
advantage at 37" and up. LCD (direct view) has better resolution (can
get 1920x1080 45" sets), no burn-in concerns, but has poorer black
levels and is currently a lot more expensive than plasmas in the 40"+
size. SED - way too early to tell if this will hold up to it's promise.
My guess is that all will be selling quite well 5 or 6 years from now.

Alan F

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THANKS
for all the news info on the plasma tv
and for the link

I have 1 sony plasma and I love this tv
and I am sad if sony stop the plasma
for me the plasma are the best tv

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"Doug McDonald" <mcdonald@SnPoAM_scs.uiuc.edu> wrote in message
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> Alan Figgatt wrote:
>
>
> > As for plasma life spans, the current rated life span of the
> > Panasonic's is 60,000 hours to half-brightness.
>
> If it is linear, that is 2400 hours to 98% brightness.
>
> 98% brightness is simply unacceptable. A burn spot at
> 98% brightness is quite obvious and horribly irritating.
>
> And the 60,000 hours is probably using an average brightness
> not of 100% but of 20% ... so it really is 5 times
> worse, or 480 hours, if you have a full brightness
> logo. This is more in line with what people are actually
> saying about these sort of sets.
>
> Doug McDonald

I'd love to see your test to identify the difference in a 98% output
compared to 100% output. How exactly are you coming up with these
percentages?

Leonard

Leonard

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On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 12:23:23 -0500, "Leonard Caillouet" <no@no.com>
wrote:

>
>"Doug McDonald" <mcdonald@SnPoAM_scs.uiuc.edu> wrote in message
>news1jtqv$p1t$1@news.ks.uiuc.edu...
>> Alan Figgatt wrote:
>>
>>
>> > As for plasma life spans, the current rated life span of the
>> > Panasonic's is 60,000 hours to half-brightness.
>>
>> If it is linear, that is 2400 hours to 98% brightness.
>>
>> 98% brightness is simply unacceptable. A burn spot at
>> 98% brightness is quite obvious and horribly irritating.
>>
>> And the 60,000 hours is probably using an average brightness
>> not of 100% but of 20% ... so it really is 5 times
>> worse, or 480 hours, if you have a full brightness
>> logo. This is more in line with what people are actually
>> saying about these sort of sets.
>>
>> Doug McDonald
>
>I'd love to see your test to identify the difference in a 98% output
>compared to 100% output. How exactly are you coming up with these
>percentages?
>

Lies, damn lies, and statistics


I'd like to know how you're supposed to watch TV these days without
burn in.

I was watching CNN or their CNN lite channel the other night and they
were doing a two minute spot on the NCAA results. They had about
three layers of computer graphics mapped over each other. Game
graphics, News graphics, Ticker1 graphics, Ticker2 graphics. It was
about as ugly a display of screen blight as I've seen.

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In article <1111250050.517418.110450@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
Jeremy.Deats@gmail.com says...

> >From what I've been told, current Plasma lifespans are also comperable
> to CRT technology, when you're laying down $3000-$6000 for one of these
> nice deplays, that just isn't acceptable for a lot of people. Many
> people don't know this when they make their purchase. LCD technology
> has potential for a much longer life because LCD displays do not burn
> phospher the same way Plasma and CRT displays do.LCD displays do not
> suffer from burn-in in the same way that Plasma and CRT technology
> does. I'm not sure how much these factors weighed in on Sony's
> decision, but I would bet they had something to do with it.

But, LCD/DLP require some form of light source. DLP and projection LCD
typically use special bulbs with a life of only 2000-3000 hours. That
means replacing it every 2 years or so, at about US$200-300 each!! Flat-
panel LCD typically uses some form of fluorescent, but even they have a
finite life and are not user-replaceable. Using LED's as a light source
is coming, although there could still be issues as even LED's can dim as
they age, with different colors dimming at different rates.

OLED shows promise, although aging problems are still a big issue.

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They have no new plasma's in 2005, dunno about '06. Don't know if it's the
end of Sony plasma but they did invest in a new LCD panel factory with
Samsung. That said, I'll safely hazard a guess that if they don't completely
discontinue plasma, they'll have way fewer models in the future. Knowing
sony, they're out of the plasma business. I heard they canceled the release
of the new 61XBR955, which was supposed to be released this year.


"michel chapleau" <chapleaue@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
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> since this week in all BEST BUY AND FUTURE SHOP CANADA
> the plasma tv of sony no available
> so it's no just 1 rumours it's the end of the plasma sony