I'm not trying to cry wolf here. I far prefer plasma to the currently available display technologies, and may buy one this year.But Sony stopped making plasma several years ago.
And now Fijitsu, who at one time were considered to make some of the best plasma displays, has recently plugged the plug on their plasma division (see link below).
And as you well know, Sony also announced earlier this week it would stop making RPTVs.
Are we seeing the beginning of a consolidation in display technologies?
Plasmas were finally getting rather affordable and I guess they became so affordable they were not longer profitable.
The one display type that seems to being going strong is LCD, which I don't care for. It certainly is highly functional in bright lighting situations.
Edits: 12/29/07
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Topic - Will plasma disappear as a display technology? - townsend 20:40:52 12/29/07 (13)
- I won't bet on that as square footage/square footage... - kootenay 22:48:03 01/01/08 (0)
- Not yet. - Harmonia 17:17:01 12/31/07 (0)
- Probably - Larry I 06:42:46 12/31/07 (0)
- sony never made plasmas...they OEM'ed them NT - Jazz Inmate 10:04:03 12/30/07 (0)
- RE: Will plasma disappear as a display technology? - Jack G 06:47:30 12/30/07 (0)
- I just hope that plasma remains available in your profession! :O) - Audiophilander 01:58:38 12/30/07 (0)
- fear not - Joe Murphy Jr 21:42:51 12/29/07 (6)
- I heard 10 lumen will be here in mid 2008. {nt] - chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com 12:04:01 12/31/07 (1)
- not completely - Joe Murphy Jr 15:19:27 12/31/07 (0)
- RE: fear not - Jwm 15:18:14 12/30/07 (3)
- be more specific - Joe Murphy Jr 16:04:38 12/30/07 (2)
- RE: be more specific - Jwm 04:32:10 12/31/07 (1)
- here's some explanation of the technology - Joe Murphy Jr 15:04:13 12/31/07 (0)