Comments on: Huge Samsung plasma flashes red, not so black blacks

Samsung's PN63A760, a 63-inch plasma TV, couldn't quite measure up to the performance of other large-screen flat panels in our tests.

[ijerbell1]

whats the poing of a touch of color?

[askj113]

It's supposed to be easier on the eyes

[heritage10]

? Who makes most large plasma's for other brands? Thats the one thing I don't like about CNET they don't ever cover the factory or OEM provider for these's brands. Could it be that LG is a Samsung or is it Panasonic. Please it would be nice if you could say what company makes these and if they make no name brands with limited performance.

[make_or_break]

AFAIK, Samsung still makes its own stuff, as does LG and Panasonic. I think Hitachi and perhaps one other may still make their own as well. But most of these guys make various components including the raw display panels--if not the plasma television in its entirety--for sets that are sold by other companies, including Sony, Pioneer, Toshiba and a host of others.

Plasma for TVs is a dying technology. In general it uses more energy, has burn-in issues, and just isn't keeping up with the advancements that LCD sets are bringing to market. Like DLP before it, it seems unfortunately clear that the dominant technology will be LCD (unfortunate in that I've always preferred DLP's picture quality myself, but there's no getting around the flat panel form factor and (downward) price pressures that LCD brings to the table).

[make_or_break]

Plasma? They still make those? So how power-hungry is this thing?