Matsushita shifts its flat-panel strategy

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Until now, the company behind the Panasonic brand believed that plasma displays--not LCDs--were the way to go for big flat-panel TVs.

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Common sense should have told them if to go with lcd , lcd has been used in laptops for years.

December 25, 2007 4:34 PM (PST) Like Reply Link Flag

LCD panel: It is true that LCD is used in laptop for years, but never get past 17", 19" and above LCD monitor are from the last 5 years.

One reason people looking for LCD TV instead of plasma TV set is power consumption. Plasma tv use way more power than crt tube.
Posted by JunkSiu (72 comments ): December 25, 2007 9:04 PM (PST) Like Link Flag

Common sense?: Based on what? At the time of the decision LCD's were more expensive to make at that size than plasmas. LCD's had vastly inferior performance at the time. LCD's still can't match the performance of plasmas but are really close finally.

LCD's still can not match the color depth of plasma. They can not match the speed of plasma. They definitely can not match the black level of plasma.
Posted by bemenaker (438 comments ): December 26, 2007 8:25 AM (PST) Like Link Flag

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