Sony leaving plasma market....

[Dr Mordrid]

....in favor of LCD?

http://www.eetimes.com/sys/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=55801305

Sure sounds like it.

Dr. Mordrid

[Jammrock]

Ew ... I can't stand most large screen LCDs. The project, front and rear, LCDs are nice, just not the big displays.

Though I understand the plasma dump. The technology still has a lot of bugs that need to be worked out.

Go DLP!

[mmp121]

I guess Sony is going to focus on their LCD with LED for the backlight? I would really like to see that come to the forefront. Sounds like a mix of 2 really good techs...well at least one really good tech

[az]

Why is everybody so obsessed with LEDs?

AZ

[dZeus]

very low energy use, very long lifetime?

[GT98]

Originally posted by Jammrock


Go DLP!

I agree..I got a RCA (nee Phillips) 51in widescreen DLP HDTV and it kicks ass. But the interesting thing is there is a similar sized RCA model that is sold in Target (about $200 cheaper) that doesnt have nearly as good picture as mine does.

[az]

dZeus, flourescents have a MUCH lower energy usage than LEDs will have for a long time. Granted, they don't last as long, but long enough for most applications.

Also, LEDs aren't really suitable for ambient lighting for instance, due to them being monochromatic, very unlike the sun (though flourescents face the same problem to a lesser extent - incandescent is still the most pleasing light, though of course even less efficient than LEDs).

AZ

[Jammrock]

Originally posted by mmp121
I guess Sony is going to focus on their LCD with LED for the backlight? I would really like to see that come to the forefront. Sounds like a mix of 2 really good techs...well at least one really good tech

Costco in my area has some LED backlit LCD displays attached to Sony Vaio computers. They do look much better than tradition LCDs, but I'm still skeptical about use on a large, widescreen TV.

[Kurt]

Originally posted by GT98
I agree..I got a RCA (nee Phillips) (snip)

OEM Philips model? Thomson (RCA owner) doesn't build them themselves?

[Wombat]

Originally posted by az

Also, LEDs aren't really suitable for ambient lighting for instance, due to them being monochromatic, very unlike the sun (though flourescents face the same problem to a lesser extent - incandescent is still the most pleasing light, though of course even less efficient than LEDs).

AZ

LEDs do not need to be monochromatic, they can pull off the same trick that flourescents use. There IS a white LED, which is actually an LED in the UV band, coated with phosphors.

[xortam]

Originally posted by Jammrock
... Go DLP!

I used to like DLP before I started spending more time in front of it. DLP currently has too many artifacts, like temporal dithering.

Sony's new eLCOS technology is really wowing them on the new Qualia 006 70" 1080p RPTV. Too bad they just jacked the price up another $3K.

[Wulfman]

Originally posted by az
dZeus, flourescents have a MUCH lower energy usage than LEDs will have for a long time. Granted, they don't last as long, but long enough for most applications.

Also, LEDs aren't really suitable for ambient lighting for instance, due to them being monochromatic, very unlike the sun (though flourescents face the same problem to a lesser extent - incandescent is still the most pleasing light, though of course even less efficient than LEDs).

AZ

from what I remember they will be using red, green and blue LEDs to allow adjustments to the color of the backlight. no problem with being monochromatic then...

mfg
wulfman

[GT98]

Originally posted by Kurt
OEM Philips model? Thomson (RCA owner) doesn't build them themselves?

Doh got my companys screwed up LOL

[Mehen]

Call me old fashioned but I still like the CRTs the best for everything (besides projectors, you can't beat a 100"+ screen )

[KvHagedorn]

The Sony 34" Widescreen XBR HDTV CRT has the best picture, period. Sony rear projection LCDs are crap.. cannot even compare to the Mitsubishi DLP Rear Projectors.