Samsung ending Plasma Production

[Victorious Secret]

 

According to multiple reports, including Reuters, the firm said the reason for the shutdown was a decline in overall demand for plasma TVs. A company statement says it will concentrate resources on its energy and materials business.

Since this article was originally published Samsung has provided CNET with the following official statement, confirming the timing of its exit from plasma.

"We plan to continue our PDP TV business until the end of this year, due to changes in market demands. We remain committed to providing consumers with products that meet their needs, and will increase our focus on growth opportunities in UHD TV's and Curved TV's."

 

http://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-reportedly-ending-plasma-tv-production/

 

 

 

 

 

 

I for one will clutch my Pioneer Kuro till the day it dies, and even then it'll stay as a monolith to hilariously simple design and hilariously amazing over engineering. Seriously, Elites just started to go "bad" compared to the market today and even then, they have some amazing visuals from their "outdated" panels. Pioneer and Panasonic really knew how to do it and its a shame that Samsung is bowing out now too. 

 

I TV in the basement, so plasma just won. Not as cost effective as a projector, but doesn't matter; have best plasma ever made. Ever. 

 

:tears: 

[Snickerzz]

plasmas were still in production?  

[Victorious Secret]

plasmas were still in production?  

 

They weren't exactly marketed up the wazoo, thats for sure. 

[StingBull]

I've never really learned the difference between plazma TVs and LCD TVs. What advantage do they have?

[Verne]

So ends the story of plasma TVs. I still have my 50" Panasonic plasma TV but it's only 720p so I've been wondering about getting something newer. Plasmas also weigh a ton (compared LCD) which makes them a bit cumbersome to have around.

[bob345]

I'm surprised they where even manufactured up until now. compared to modern lcd's, they really do not have much of a benefit.

[Victorious Secret]

I've never really learned the difference between plazma TVs and LCD TVs. What advantage do they have?

 

Better native response times and refresh rates and all that jazz (its just gas after all) and they had superior colour reproduction combined with the fact that most plasmas were genuinely over-engineered and well built. Early ones had issues, but after a few years the tech was solid as a rock.

 

They were heavier though, and glare was a hilarious problem; but for the longest time some of the best TVs for sale were plasmas. CNET even kept using a Pioneer Kuro as their 'benchmark' TV years after Pioneer stopped making them, thats how good they were and thats how long it took for LEDs to get close to the top tier plasmas in performance.

[Verne]

I've never really learned the difference between plazma TVs and LCD TVs. What advantage do they have?

Plasmas have superior colors, especially the blacks. They also update the image much faster making them excellent for gaming and watching high speed sports. The disadvantages are higher energy consumption and image burn-in (although modern plasmas have technologies that prevent it or remove it over time) along with being much heavier. Plasmas also are/were cheaper (per inch) than LCDs. So, for pure image quality they are superior to LCDs.

[fryman]

I'm surprised they where even manufactured up until now. compared to modern lcd's, they really do not have much of a benefit.

well thats just wrong

[deviant88]

Finnally nailed the "plasma" coffin,now we can move on...

[connorpiper]

Our best buy had an entire plasma isle. They were always the best looking ones there.

[Buckley]

but now how am i going to play my games with a 600hz refresh rate :'(

[JAKEBAB]

Better native response times and refresh rates and all that jazz (its just gas after all) and they had superior colour reproduction combined with the fact that most plasmas were genuinely over-engineered and well built. Early ones had issues, but after a few years the tech was solid as a rock.

 

They were heavier though, and glare was a hilarious problem; but for the longest time some of the best TVs for sale were plasmas. CNET even kept using a Pioneer Kuro as their 'benchmark' TV years after Pioneer stopped making them, thats how good they were and thats how long it took for LEDs to get close to the top tier plasmas in performance.

 

 

Plasmas have superior colors, especially the blacks. They also update the image much faster making them excellent for gaming and watching high speed sports. The disadvantages are higher energy consumption and image burn-in (although modern plasmas have technologies that prevent it or remove it over time) along with being much heavier. Plasmas also are/were cheaper (per inch) than LCDs. So, for pure image quality they are superior to LCDs.

 

I really dont understand this i had a 55" $2500 or $3500 cant remember Samsung plasma and it was terrible when u watched sports it would go all blocky it sucked a ton of power it got hot as f**k the colours were washed out it was heavy as shit and had a flimsy plastic stand it had burn in problems and u can forget about gaming the response was terrible! once we got our lcd it was amazing the colours were nice and vibrant no blocky pixelation didnt get hot switch it to game mode and it was like playing on a monitor and didnt have to worry about burn in and even when ive went to stores they all had terrible pixelation i dont know what plasma u guys are using but all my experiences have been terrible and im happy its dead.

[dizmo]

So ends the story of plasma TVs. I still have my 50" Panasonic plasma TV but it's only 720p so I've been wondering about getting something newer. Plasmas also weigh a ton (compared LCD) which makes them a bit cumbersome to have around.

They're really not that bad. I can easily carry a 42" Plasma TV by myself, and honestly once they're bigger than that you need two people to properly carry them anyway.

I could easily carry a 65" plasma by myself if I wear grippy gloves.

 

I really dont understand this i had a 55" $2500 or $3500 cant remember Samsung plasma and it was terrible when u watched sports it would go all blocky it sucked a ton of power it got hot as f**k the colours were washed out it was heavy as shit and had a flimsy plastic stand it had burn in problems and u can forget about gaming the response was terrible! once we got our lcd it was amazing the colours were nice and vibrant no blocky pixelation didnt get hot switch it to game mode and it was like playing on a monitor and didnt have to worry about burn in and even when ive went to stores they all had terrible pixelation i dont know what plasma u guys are using but all my experiences have been terrible and im happy its dead.

Used various plasma tvs for years, and have never experienced the problems you mentioned.

[zyvx]

I really dont understand this i had a 55" $2500 or $3500 cant remember Samsung plasma and it was terrible when u watched sports it would go all blocky it sucked a ton of power it got hot as f**k the colours were washed out it was heavy as shit and had a flimsy plastic stand it had burn in problems and u can forget about gaming the response was terrible! once we got our lcd it was amazing the colours were nice and vibrant no blocky pixelation didnt get hot switch it to game mode and it was like playing on a monitor and didnt have to worry about burn in and even when ive went to stores they all had terrible pixelation i dont know what plasma u guys are using but all my experiences have been terrible and im happy its dead.

 

They're really not that bad. I can easily carry a 42" Plasma TV by myself, and honestly once they're bigger than that you need two people to properly carry them anyway.

I could easily carry a 65" plasma by myself if I wear grippy gloves.

 

Used various plasma tvs for years, and have never experienced the problems you mentioned.

 

^^what he said^^

Parents have had a decent sized (50" i think) fujitsu plasma for years (8+) and have had no problems. People still comment on how beautiful the display is. Sounds like most of the problems u had were not related to the panel but with the tuner and other aspects unrelated to plasma. AFAIK Panasonic makes the best ones. This makes me really sad because they were unpopular based on old or misinformation. Yes, OLED is better but still really pricey and not quite ready for prime time. I still want someone to make a 4K plasma, but i guess it's not in the cards :-(    

[ShiverMePenguins]

I for one will call out Jake for lying. I can't remember a time where any plasma had bad color, or terrible cooling.wording makes me think fanboy

[RatedBlam]

So ends the story of plasma TVs. I still have my 50" Panasonic plasma TV but it's only 720p so I've been wondering about getting something newer. Plasmas also weigh a ton (compared LCD) which makes them a bit cumbersome to have around.

Haha, My 50" short throw projector TV is also quite the hulk.

But those have died a long time ago, when large lcd became affordable.

[Victorious Secret]

My Kuro has been the model of reliability, then again it gets used maybe once a week since we put a projector in. 

 

But that TV still is something else, especially for gaming. 

 

Fire up any platform on it, and its incredible. These sets were basically made to game hard. the absurdly low response time combined with the absurdly high refresh rate = gaming bliss

[IPCharger]

Just give us cheap Oled displays already pls

[Matsy]

I can't use anything but plasma's for TV's.  The black levels and contrast is horrible otherwise.

[mgsstar]

Most of the TVs I see today are usually LED (being more energy efficient) rather than plasma but surprised that they still were producing it.

[totjup5]

I really want a 27" 4k OLED display. My life would be complete then