A manufacturer producing the best and insisting on making their consumers pay for it isn't such a crazy idea. I definitely don't blame Pioneer for doing it. Ferrari does it every day. The difference is that the market for cars is way different than for TVs. Most consumers just want a TV that works, looks good enough, at a reasonable price.
I can understand your argument about KUROs. They are a little more expensive. What I don't understand is why aren't people flocking to VIERAs? They are crazy cheap these days and are just a step below a KURO for quality. I was under the impression that a free market would enable the company with the best product at a reasonable price to win. Apparently it doesn't work that way. I honestly just think it's consumer ignorance, they just don't know any better.
Plus, it doesn't help plasma that Samsung's marketing campaign is huge and ridiculous. When was the last time you saw a commercial for a VIERA or a KURO, can you even think of a single time? Plus Samsung loves to throw numbers around in their market material and consumers love numbers. Contrast ratio, refresh rates, etc. etc. Plasma doesn't need these numbers because it produces a great picture without gimmicks like 120 Hz and dynamic contrast ratio and yet these are hard quantifiable numbers that consumers can make a purchase decision based on. It's sad but in general, your average consumer is an idiot, that is why LCD is winning.
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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A manufacturer producing the best and insisting on making their consumers pay for it isn't such a crazy idea. I definitely don't blame Pioneer for doing it. Ferrari does it every day. The difference is that the market for cars is way different than for TVs. Most consumers just want a TV that works, looks good enough, at a reasonable price.
I can understand your argument about KUROs. They are a little more expensive. What I don't understand is why aren't people flocking to VIERAs? They are crazy cheap these days and are just a step below a KURO for quality. I was under the impression that a free market would enable the company with the best product at a reasonable price to win. Apparently it doesn't work that way. I honestly just think it's consumer ignorance, they just don't know any better.
Plus, it doesn't help plasma that Samsung's marketing campaign is huge and ridiculous. When was the last time you saw a commercial for a VIERA or a KURO, can you even think of a single time? Plus Samsung loves to throw numbers around in their market material and consumers love numbers. Contrast ratio, refresh rates, etc. etc. Plasma doesn't need these numbers because it produces a great picture without gimmicks like 120 Hz and dynamic contrast ratio and yet these are hard quantifiable numbers that consumers can make a purchase decision based on. It's sad but in general, your average consumer is an idiot, that is why LCD is winning.