Plasma going away already
A friend of my brothers owns some appliance centers (mid to upper end) & was telling my brother, some of the manufactors of plasma tvs are going to stop making them. He said sales are not good & his return rates are high from burned out pixels & screen burn in. He's saying his suppliers are telling him this. The manufactors cannot seem to be able to lower their costs & without lowering the price to attract a broader range of buyers, the sets are doomed in the next few years. Anybody hear anything like this? I was thinking about getting a plasma set later this year but he says absolutly, don't buy one. So far, I've not seen an LCD set that I like. Maybe rear projection is the way for me. Front projection won't work because of to much ambiant light. Oh well, I'll keep looking... :(
I am no expert, but a 80% Scrap Rate is impossible.
Just think of what kind of mark up you would have to have on your 20 % yield to break even. The sets would have to cost pennies on the dollar to make. There is no reason to take a hit like that. It seems to me that is just a new imperfect technology that might or might not take off. Don't look too deep into a conspiracy theory.