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Samsung confirmed Thursday that it was shutting down its plasma TV business "due to changes in market demands," choosing instead to focus on curved and ultra-high-definition models that use LED technology.
-- Plasma TVs are just about dead |
Which is just a fancy LCD to me, and despite their improvements, LED sets suffer from many of the same issues that plague regular LCD such as off-axis viewing and motion resolution issues which require refresh rates that render the dreaded (to some) video look to film.
I plan to keep my PRO-111FD Kuro for as long as it works and when the time comes, get whatever I can afford that fits my budget and needs. Maybe the industry will have its act together by then.
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