Video Asylum

Posted by Hornlover (M) on December 05, 2011 at 09:14:28

In Reply to: RE: Why are manufacturers moving away from Plasma ? posted by Ross on December 03, 2011 at 11:57:13

I don't know if they are moving away from them. Panasonic is certainly dedicated to making them. They recently opened a new factory just for plasma manufacturing. Samsung and LG also offer a handfull of plasmas. Other manufacturers selling plasmas include RCA, Insignia and Zenith.
Power consumption has been dramatically reduced on the new sets, compared to the ones made just a couple of years ago. For instance, a typical new 50" Panasonic (the TC-P50S30) consumes 106 watts when on, compared to 550 watts for our 3 year old Panasonic 50".