Pix was right - Plasma is.....

[Mr Peabody]

It is a bad thing that Pioneer will no longer make plasma. Sure they were more expensive but the picture quality was unmatched. Panasonic don't even compare. This is just another sad example of the majority of consumers not caring about quality and Pioneer doesn't care to or can't afford to continue their line as a nitch. Pioneer owners do not have a "white elephant" either, what they have is a fine display that will serve them for years to come. If no one makes another plasma after today doesn't have one ounce of effect on one in somebody's living room. It's not like it will quit working because they stopped producing more.

I look at plasma vs LCD more like tubes vs solid state. It's just two different approaches to the same task. Not so much a format war. Both could exist just fine. It's just the price of LCD dropped dramatically and I believe the "burn in" scare for plasma is hotter now than when plasma first begun for some reason. I personally would have strongly considered plasma for a replacement of my DLP down the road and still will if it's here. And, if I could have afforded one in the size I need, Pioneer would have been the #1 choice.

[pixelthis]

It is a bad thing that Pioneer will no longer make plasma. Sure they were more expensive but the picture quality was unmatched. Panasonic don't even compare. This is just another sad example of the majority of consumers not caring about quality and Pioneer doesn't care to or can't afford to continue their line as a nitch. Pioneer owners do not have a "white elephant" either, what they have is a fine display that will serve them for years to come. If no one makes another plasma after today doesn't have one ounce of effect on one in somebody's living room. It's not like it will quit working because they stopped producing more.

I look at plasma vs LCD more like tubes vs solid state. It's just two different approaches to the same task. Not so much a format war. Both could exist just fine. It's just the price of LCD dropped dramatically and I believe the "burn in" scare for plasma is hotter now than when plasma first begun for some reason. I personally would have strongly considered plasma for a replacement of my DLP down the road and still will if it's here. And, if I could have afforded one in the size I need, Pioneer would have been the #1 choice.

ACTUALLY THEY CANT.
Having two ways to do something is incrtedibly wastefull.
UNLESS its a boutique product like a tube amp, made for the slightly eccentric out there.
When I said at first that "plasma is dead" I only meant that joe six had made his decision,
and like eight track tape and betamax, plasmas days are numbered.
AND Ajani isnt "encouraging" me, just coming to his senses.