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I bought a Panasonic Plasma about 3-4 years ago. I got burn in after about 15 minutes of Super Mario Galaxy.

First and Last time I buy a Plasma.



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Netyaroze said:
Sadly OLEDs arent perfect. The blue emitting diodes die faster the whole technology isn't as durable as LCD or Plasma. Even burn in does exist.

There is just one almost perfect technology its Crystal LED it actually has 3 different colored LEDs per Pixel all of the advantages of OLED none of the disadvantages. I hope CLED will become relevant in the future.

Oled isn't perfect either and if they don't manage to improve durability people are going to be dissapointed.

Maybe Panasonic can become the best OLED TV manufacturer like they were the best Plasma manufacturer.


OLED is already going down two paths

LG - white diodes, claim it will give you better blacks

Samsung - coloured LEDs, claim it will be more natural colours.

So the technology will develop just like plasma did.



 

 

irstupid said:
Netyaroze said:
Sadly OLEDs arent perfect. The blue emitting diodes die faster the whole technology isn't as durable as LCD or Plasma. Even burn in does exist.

There is just one almost perfect technology its Crystal LED it actually has 3 different colored LEDs per Pixel all of the advantages of OLED none of the disadvantages. I hope CLED will become relevant in the future.

Oled isn't perfect either and if they don't manage to improve durability people are going to be dissapointed.

Maybe Panasonic can become the best OLED TV manufacturer like they were the best Plasma manufacturer.

Well plasma used to have some problems but then they fixed them quickly and any of those problems are the same as LCD or better.

i think the only thing you have to worry about in Plasma's is still the laying on the side problem.  Or is that fixed?

 

So hopefully they fix any of those OLED problems you mention, or else go to CLED quickly.  Again I haven't researched any of this stuff at all.  Last time was getting TV it was only Plasma or LCD, so i know about them.  No other new techs on my knowledge.


The laying on the side problem hasn't been fix in of itself, but Samsung's PDP (their version of plasma) technology prevents that.  Imagewise, Panasonic made the best plasma TV out there after they bought the Kuro tech from Pioneer.  I really don't need a new tv, but I've been strongly eying the Panny plasmas for sometime now.  We'll see what happens in the next few months if I come across a sale for them.  If nothing else, I can fall back on the Samsungs.



Wagram said:
I bought a Panasonic Plasma about 3-4 years ago. I got burn in after about 15 minutes of Super Mario Galaxy.

First and Last time I buy a Plasma.

It's because you did not break it in properly.  I did a bit better with mine, but still couldn't wait to see my PS3 on it and as a result I now have a couple of icons like the clock and the progress circle permanently burned in.  Fortunately, they're usually only visible on white/light colored backgrounds but it still sucks.

OT:  Guess that just leaves Samsung and LG still making plasmas.  That's a shame because I definitely prefer the picture quality of plasmas over any kind of LCD panel, mostly because I just hate the limited viewing angle of LCD/LED.



OLED > Plasma. Smart move.



All of this, of course, is just my opinion.

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Well lets hope they can make something else that they can make a profit from. Also I guess that means more marketshare for it's main competitors, whoever that is.



archbrix said:
Wagram said:
I bought a Panasonic Plasma about 3-4 years ago. I got burn in after about 15 minutes of Super Mario Galaxy.

First and Last time I buy a Plasma.

It's because you did not break it in properly.  I did a bit better with mine, but still couldn't wait to see my PS3 on it and as a result I now have a couple of icons like the clock and the progress circle permanently burned in.  Fortunately, they're usually only visible on white/light colored backgrounds but it still sucks.

OT:  Guess that just leaves Samsung and LG still making plasmas.  That's a shame because I definitely prefer the picture quality of plasmas over any kind of LCD panel, mostly because I just hate the limited viewing angle of LCD/LED.


I knew someone would say this. I broke the TV in for well over the specified time before I touched any games. When I said 15 minutes, I didn't mean I came home opened it up and turned on the game for 15 mins. LED is much better overall in my opinion as a technology.



They should just make something that shows true black other than Plasma, instead  of upping the res, 4K can wait, and 3D is gimmicky, just focus on making what you have right now to be better quality, especially the "True Black" thing. 



Wagram said:
archbrix said:
Wagram said:
I bought a Panasonic Plasma about 3-4 years ago. I got burn in after about 15 minutes of Super Mario Galaxy.

First and Last time I buy a Plasma.

It's because you did not break it in properly.  I did a bit better with mine, but still couldn't wait to see my PS3 on it and as a result I now have a couple of icons like the clock and the progress circle permanently burned in.  Fortunately, they're usually only visible on white/light colored backgrounds but it still sucks.

OT:  Guess that just leaves Samsung and LG still making plasmas.  That's a shame because I definitely prefer the picture quality of plasmas over any kind of LCD panel, mostly because I just hate the limited viewing angle of LCD/LED.


I knew someone would say this. I broke the TV in for well over the specified time before I touched any games. When I said 15 minutes, I didn't mean I came home opened it up and turned on the game for 15 mins. LED is much better overall in my opinion as a technology.

Sucks for you, I guess... 

LED TVs are much lighter, more energy efficient, put out far less heat, have very little glare, and don't suffer from burn-in, so, yeah.  But unfortunately even full array LED panels with local/micro dimming for plasma-quality blacks can't quite match the overall picture quality of a top-tier plasma, IMO.



People who are saying OLED > all don't know what the hell they are talking about... 

It makes sense for Panasonic to put R&D in to OLED, as they need serious work to be ready for mass consumption and be as good as their Plasmas.

Current OLED screens suck ass when it comes to 6500k color temperature reproduction. Sure they punch you in the face with deep reds and dark blacks but anyone that appreciates true color reproduction won't be getting an OLED any time soon. (home cinema people, videophiles...)

If you don't care seeing human skin looking pink and the ocean looking neon blue, sure OLED FTW.

Listen to what our Apple overlords have to say about OLED:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57568905-37/oled-displays-theyre-awful-says-apples-ceo/