CES 2008: The best of Plasma HDTVs

Based on what we saw at CES, the future is promising indeed for LCD. But don't think for a minute that plasma is done in the eyes of manufacturers or consumers -- PDPs have a rosy outlook as well. The Pioneer extreme contrast demo left all of our jaws on the floor, and we can't wait to see this technology trickle out of the labs and onto the shelves. The Panasonic 150-inch plasma had a similar effect on passers-by. Pioneer also showed off the 9-mm thick Kuro concept just to show that plasma can do the beauty thing, too.

Panasonic revamps its plasma lineup
Vizio cranks out new plasma lineup
Hands-on with Pioneer's extreme contrast concept plasma
Hands-off with Panasonic's 150-inch behemoth
Hands-on with the Pioneer 9mm-thick Kuro plasma
Samsung reveals PN58A750T, PN42A450P and PN50A550S plasma lineups
The 2008 LG Plasma lineup

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 12th 2008 11:10AM]

What?, Ryan always talks about how wonderful blacks are with his (old) Kuro and without even having to compare to the new Kuro the old doesn't appear black at all. Maybe I should read the article before posting.....

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 12th 2008 8:03PM]

Never thought I'd see a set make the black level on a Kuro look weak. Fitting that it's a future Kuro.