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Panasonic Viera AX900 4K LED TV coming Fall 2014, claims quality rivals best plasmas
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Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
There's an Xbox One black-levels joke here somewhere...
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I read on another thread that Plasma can't do 4k anyway?
No one is going to invest in it.
Usually an led that rivals plasma is like twice the cost of the equivalent plasma... Any word on price?
Full-array local dimming LED LCD 1080p TVs have been around for awhile but not common. It is one of the ways LCD TVs are able to compete with the best Plasma TVs.
sounds like this panasonic might be one of the best implementations of it so far...anything comparable on the market right now? some of the brands mentioned round here only seem to be available in the US.
tbh i will likely be 2nd hand plasma shopping for an upgrade.
Barkley's Justice
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So will OLED make LED look like crap in 5 years? 7 years?
well it said it wins at price point right?
More like right now
Are you in a position to afford one easily? Are you looking to buy a flagship 1080p set? The 4K televisions out right now are the pinnacle of television technology. Already, there is 4K video support in a lot of the new smartphones, cameras, etc. A lot of receivers and Blu-ray players have 4K upscaling capability as well.
Plus, 4K streaming is starting to happen as well, Samsung and Sony have a few movies available etc. But yes, the biggest problem is the complete lack of native 4K content. If you are on a tight budget, I'd forgo 4K altogether, get a decent 1080p set. There is just nothing really out to see 4K in. At least until there is dedicated, updated and new 4K streaming content or a new physical format.
If you're planning on buying a TV you might as well wait for OLED to make it big.
Artakartel
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It does right now, except those tvs cost $5000-$10000 and will cost that much for the next 5 years.
They are also tough to manufacture in bulk and have a relatively low shelf life (15000 hours) if I recall correctly.
You can get the LG 55" OLED for under $5k right now.
Not exactly a bargain, but hey.
They're already more "mainstream" than Plasma and LCD were when starting out. Prices are already under $5000 and they've been used in smartphones, video game handhelds, smartphones etc.
Of course the technology isn't mature, plus there are competing OLED technologies, but the adoption will pick up, you'll have companies decide what is the best way to market and manufacture them. I believe Samsung and LG are looking at curved OLED panels to get them into homes.
Yes there are some technical hitches like burn-in after a prolonged time, issues with blue LED diodes not lasting as long etc. But that's just the fact the technology hasn't matured yet. Plasma was being developed well before the 80's before coming in the early 90's in a few sets. Wasn't until the mid 2000's when it reached its peak in a sense.
Of course the technology isn't mature, plus there are competing OLED technologies, but the adoption will pick up, you'll have companies decide what is the best way to market and manufacture them. I believe Samsung and LG are looking at curved OLED panels to get them into homes.
Yes there are some technical hitches like burn-in after a prolonged time, issues with blue LED diodes not lasting as long etc. But that's just the fact the technology hasn't matured yet. Plasma was being developed well before the 80's before coming in the early 90's in a few sets. Wasn't until the mid 2000's when it reached its peak in a sense.
MWS Natural
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Huh? You could get a nice Viera for much cheaper than a comparative LED set.
systemfehler
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My 47" LG LE8500 (full LED, local dimming) already has 216 dimmable zones to achieve good black screen values and still in very dark scenes it annoys me sometimes because the grid is to big to just illuminate the torce, lamp, etc. seen on screen. I wonder if 128 such zones on 55" are really enough.
I have a LG LH90 that I bought in 2010 and it has very good black levels, thanks to full array local dimming, which this Panasonic also seems to be using. Unfortunately, very few LED TVs use this technology. Nearly all the LED TVs in the past year I've seen are edge-lit and actually look worse in PQ than this LG I paid only $1000 for.
I don't know how my LG compares to top of the line plasma sets like the Kuro and Viera, probably still isn't as good, but I've heard the tech can be improved upon by using more LED zones - of course at added expense.
I don't know how my LG compares to top of the line plasma sets like the Kuro and Viera, probably still isn't as good, but I've heard the tech can be improved upon by using more LED zones - of course at added expense.
XiaNaphryz
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I believe only the 58" AX800 model has had a price cited, apparently MSRP for that one is $3800 so I'd expect a street price around the $2500-$3000 mark for that one. If the AX900 is going to be the flagship, pricing will likely be higher of course.
Jibbajabbawockky
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I am so happy that I spent the extra money to get a Panasonic Viera plasma last summer. Was looking around for TVs again recently and sure enough, its getting pretty damn impossible to find any Panasonic plasmas left out in the wild.
Coriolanus
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LEDs are super cheap. It's really just horrendously aggresive cost-cutting and the fact that they're a tad bulkier.
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