Comments on: Pioneer gets to absolute black with plasma prototype

It's not just black. It's deep, penetrating black in the new Kuro concept TV. That means better contrast.

[cyde01]

Actually, in Japanese, kuro just means black

I wonder how they got such absolute black levels. If the plasma cells didn't precharge, you would think that pixel response time would be too slow. Did they get it to somehow precharge without emitting light?

[ralfthedog]

The true translation.

The color of the hart of the soulless Americans who stink because they eat too much red meat. :)

As to the precharge question, I wonder if they could just overdrive the cells?

[platform-independent]

Beat me to it...

Yep, funny how translations tend to try to make Japanese words
seem more meaningingful and significant... omoshiroi ne?

[umbrae]

Precharge

It says it uses no back light and chemicals to produce the light. This probably gives them a faster response time without precharge.

However, the problem with plasma is they dim over time, so I wonder if the brightness will last.