Panasonic Officially Halts Plasma TV Research & Development

[RedundantInk]

Panasonic has placed an indefinite hold on research and development of Plasma TV panels in favor of OLED displays.

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[thefiend1]

Wasnt this rumor already denied by someone at Panasonic last week???

 

[corbeau]

It's about time, plasma's kind of an outmoded technology.

 

[psykhe]

Wasnt this rumor already denied by someone at Panasonic last week???

Jepp. Toms is quoting techpowerup 3 days late who themselves quoted the verge 2 days late.

Panasonic denied that they'll stop making Plasmas 3 days ago, so we should see that news item at wendesday here...

 

[sporkimus]

Until OLED becomes as cheap as plasma, there's no way it'll happen. Besides, plasma still offers much better picture quality than LCD/LED.

 

[merikafyeah]

Forgot the [Rumor] tag Toms? Well this is embarrassing. Better remove this wholly inaccurate article.

 

[smeezekitty]

good riddance. Plasma is just an EMI/RFI generating, heat generating, power wasting crappy technology.

 

[volkov956]

I just bought a Plasma ST50 From panasonic its brilliant input and colors only negative is 50%+ White Coverage on screen it becomes a grey but u get used to it its even an upgrade over my Sharp FULL Array LED , didnt want a LED tv this time since they are all edge lit now :/

 

[spectrewind]

I just bought a Plasma ST50 From panasonic its brilliant input and colors only negative is 50%+ White Coverage on screen it becomes a grey but u get used to it its even an upgrade over my Sharp FULL Array LED , didnt want a LED tv this time since they are all edge lit now :/

No kidding. I bought an ST30 last year and an ST50 this year. Love them both.
Quick digress: You can get CHEAP ~$20 3D glasses that work on the ST50. SSG-4100GB. Worth it if you have kids!
/digress.

Having owned both LCD (Vizio) and Plasma (ST50)... Definitely prefer plasma. Just two cents from a complete stranger

 

[Truckinupga]

I love my Plasma, Beautiful picture, Great contrast, perfect colors and I don't even know what ghosting looks like. I don't believe it would be a good idea to stop making them till something affordable can compete.

 

[rdc85]

Sad to hear if this true, but in other hand...

It a great news, more people in to OLED more bigger chance OLED will became more available/cheaper/better...

 

[cknobman]

I love my ST50, the best picture producing TV I have ever owned and hands down blows away every LCD I have in my house.

Just wish I did not have to worry about freaking image retention on it!!!

 

[bin1127]

So Samsung hasn't been able to get reasonable yields as of now?