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RE: My recent experience

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In Reply to: RE: My recent experience posted by Hornlover on July 16, 2013 at 07:54:55

Thanks for your input. I've looked at them at Best Buy, Sears, HH Gregg...there's something about the way they look that I don't like. I also don't like how they work. I especially don't like the highly reflective screen (even though I mostly watch in a darker than average basement home theater room#.

If plasma is so superior, why hasn't anyone made a 4k plasma set yet?

Could it be because the future of tv is OLED, and LED/LCD is the closest thing to that ??

I haven't just fallen off your turnip truck. I've seen plasma sets for many years, over a decade...since they first came out. I was tempted to buy a Pioneer Elite for someone, and it was only a 720p back in 2005...Originally $5000 but "on sale" for like $4000 as I recall. Kind of glad I didn't bite, even though the money was not mine anyway. The rear projector they bought instead, still works great...a couple of replacement lamps later. It was about $2500 back in '05 #bought it online#, but listed for $3400, which was Best Buy's price. Tiger Direct closed them out a year later for $1300.

The "latest and greatest" $5000 or $6000 Panasonic Plasma, from what I saw at Best Buy, does not have the color rendition of the old Pioneer Elites. The plasmas under $1000 definitely do not impress me, either. Certainly the blacks go very black, but that's about it. It's a lot of money, which I would certainly spend instead on a front projector in the $2k to $3k range...if I was going to blow that much money right now. I would still be buying a 46 inch LED set, though...

I guess no one on video asylum likes LED LCD TV's, and that's fine I guess...but it's kind of backward, clinging to old technology.

I am not against anyone enjoying the set they have. But you do come off as a fanboy rather than an objective knowledgeable person...when all you can do is shout from those internet rooftops that what you own is better than everything else #for similar money#. This goes for everyone who has replied here so far, and not just you. You're kind of all drinking the proverbial koolaid...I'll pass thanks much though.

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