Plasma manufacturers getting less for more

LCDs just keep on rolling in the display market, and the tide has definitely shifted away from plasma. DisplayBank rounded up the numbers for 2007, and found that even though plasma volume was up almost 20-percent, revenues were down 15-percent; that last ugly number comes courtesy an almost 30-percent decrease in average selling price. These kind of numbers are no surprise, but expect the shakeout to continue and even accelerate as manufacturers either exit the plasma business entirely or move plasmas to the high-end of the market. It's no secret that we prefer the latter, as plasma still trumps LCDs in moving image (which pretty accurately describes the content we watch) quality and shows great promise going forward.

[stubby boardman Posted Feb 15th 2008 11:47PM]

Kuro can not be defeated!!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 16th 2008 12:17AM]

Just goes to show you how uneducated and susceptible to suggestion Joe Public is. Why people prefer a higher price for a worse picture befuddles me.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 16th 2008 9:43AM]

You Kuro people are such cave dwellers. Yes, the Kuro looks wonderful in a dark environment. Back in the real world, us plebeians prefer a tv that can be seen in a more human environment with actual windows that unfortunately require a brighter picture that does not act like a mirror. Imagine that! Even the diehard LCD camp is split between glossy and matte screens. If I had a dedicated dark movie theater, I would buy a projector though and OLED's will replace both LCD and Plasma soon enough anyway.