Ok, Apart from the fact that Plasmas Needing Gas refilling, and the fact that Plasmas have bad viewing angle, Plasmas are also obsolete and a dying breed.
Ok, Im done joking now... Now, on to more serious business.
Let me start with my creds :
In my home (@ Mumbai) We have 2 32" LCD's. One Hitachi and Another Sanyo,
Apart from these we also have a 25 Inch Samsung CRT and a 29" Sony CRT.
Now my home @Bengaluru has 42PQ60 LG Plasma.
Now, Onto more serious business.
1. Price/Performance Ration : LCD never has matched Plasmas on performance front at similar price levels.
2. LED backlit TV's are good, damn good. But, for that price you can get God Awesome Plasmas from Panasonic or Samsung or put a little more, you can get Pioneer Kuro.
3. Response time of LCD 2ms (The best of the breed). Plasma 0.001 (any brand, any make).
4. Panel Colour resolution: Most of the LCD's that you get are 6bit or 8bit panels(8 is rare). Sony has started advertising with their 10bit panels.
so 6x3 = 18bits =
262144 Shades of Colours or
8x3 = 24 =
16777216 shades of colours
Now what about Plasma ?
Ok, My PQ60 is 16bit panel ,
so 16*3 = 48bits =
281474976710656 colours.
Now, Samsung Panels claim 18bits
18*3= 54 bits =
18014398509481984 colours.
Big numbers, I know. Do they matter? Yes They do.
In essence LCD has to use a LOT of image processing to get work around its inherent limitation in colors (ever wondered why LCD's are colourful?)
I still remember in chroma, every TV was showing the same feed. Every Single LCD there showed a Pinkish red rose, and 2 Panasonic Plasmas and 1 LG TV showed the true colour, Red.
Same goes with an ocean scene where ever Single LCD showed varying shades of Blue, whereas only the trio showed the fact there sea was bluish turquoise in colour.
5. Sharpness : Yes, LCD's are sharp, they are very Crisp. Does it make the image look better? Subjective. I personally prefer the nice softer pictures, than sharp crisp lines. I mean, People, cars, flowers, trees all look as though they have a razor at the end.
6. Power Consumption : LCD's are more efficient than Plasmas. Period. People may argue that plasmas are getting better, but LCD's are better and saving power.
7. Heat : Plasmas produce more heat than LCD's. Do they run Very Hot? No. They are marginally hotter than LCD's.
8. Weight : Plasmas are heavier. (Glass Panel, as opposed to Plastic)
So why the hell does Plasma not sell? 3 Reasons
1. Ignorance
2. Ignorance
3. Acting on Ignorance
Ok, you want a lil more elaboration?
1. Plasmas don't look good in brightly lit showroom. So Customers ignore plasmas (Ignorance)
2. Salesmen who dont know whose picture is it on our currency, talks about superior nature of polarized crystals sandwiched in a plastic, compared to ionized phosphor sandwiched in glass. (Ignorance)
3. Companies are pushing for LCD's more because the other 2 factors make the markets for LCD bigger than Plasmas (Acting on Ignorance)
Sorry for really long rant.....
