LG to close PDP plant

Take a look:

http://www.twice.com/article/CA6444602.html

LG said its total 42-inch plasma display module production capacity
will decline to 360,000 units per month, or 4.32 million a year,
after the plant’s closure.

Matthew

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"Matthew L. Martin" wrote in message
...
Take a look:

http://www.twice.com/article/CA6444602.html

LG said its total 42-inch plasma display module production capacity
will decline to 360,000 units per month, or 4.32 million a year,
after the plant’s closure.

Matthew

I think the tide is turning.
LCD is taking over the 40" market from PDP.

Den 22.05.2007 kl. 02:22 skrev RSweeney :


"Matthew L. Martin" wrote in message
...
Take a look:

http://www.twice.com/article/CA6444602.html

LG said its total 42-inch plasma display module production capacity
will decline to 360,000 units per month, or 4.32 million a year,
after the plant’s closure.

Matthew

I think the tide is turning.
LCD is taking over the 40" market from PDP.
+++++++++++++
I think it is bad taste taking over good taste, should that be the case. I
would compare it to "Burger taking over from Wiener schnitzel"

I have a good computerscreen, Apple Cinema LCD. But it is no comparison
to my LG 42PC1RR Plasmascreen. None what-so-ever.
It is an experience over LCD like from another world.
And do not get seduced by an LCD bragging about 1920 X 1080 points. A
Plasma-TV with 1024 X 768 points shows a better HD picture. You cannot
judge by specifikations, You have to use Your eyes an see it, like I did.
Originally going after LCD-"points", but cured in vivo by my own eyes.

Greets Jens

"RSweeney" wrote

I think the tide is turning.
LCD is taking over the 40" market from PDP.

I suspect what we see here is another manifestation of a strong trend
throughout electronics: the move to solid state. It's simply easier for
industry to ensure quaility during large production runs. In addition,
solid-state devices are usually lighter and more robust during handling,
which reduces shipping and handling costs, customer complaints and service
calls.

In contrast, moving devices or in the case of plasma gas-charged cells
impose a continuing strain on quality control. In spite of the fact that
plasma and DLP both produce good images, I think we'll see both gradually
fade away, for exactly those reasons. Rear-projection may hang for a while
in LCoS (top end) and LCD (low-end) versions, but eventually even they will
be replaced by solid-state, maybe some technology not yet heard of.

I remember as a nerdy kid in the 50s reading a Popular Science artical that
predicted that in the far distant future (1970!) we would all have display
walls, that could show moving images, art work, natural scenery or simply
light up the room. It's been a little slow in coming but I suspect that's
where we're headed.

Anyway we'll see. Life is interesting.

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Den 22.05.2007 kl. 02:22 skrev RSweeney :


"Matthew L. Martin" wrote in message
...
Take a look:

http://www.twice.com/article/CA6444602.html

LG said its total 42-inch plasma display module production capacity
will decline to 360,000 units per month, or 4.32 million a year,
after the plantâ¤=3Fs closure.

Matthew

I think the tide is turning.
LCD is taking over the 40" market from PDP.
+++++++++++++
I think it is bad taste taking over good taste, should that be the case. I
would compare it to "Burger taking over from Wiener schnitzel"

I have a good computerscreen, Apple Cinema LCD. But it is no comparison
to my LG 42PC1RR Plasmascreen. None what-so-ever.
It is an experience over LCD like from another world.
And do not get seduced by an LCD bragging about 1920 X 1080 points. A
Plasma-TV with 1024 X 768 points shows a better HD picture. You cannot
judge by specifikations, You have to use Your eyes an see it, like I did.
Originally going after LCD-"points", but cured in vivo by my own eyes.

Greets Jens




When I went looking for a TV, I quickly ruled plasma out. I just don't
see anything to pick one over a higher end LCD for. When I go to
friend's homes with plasma, I've never really been impressed all that
much, unlike the Sharp and Sony LCDS other friends have.

And I would eat any burger over any hotdog.

BDK

"dave gower" wrote in message
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"RSweeney" wrote

I think the tide is turning.
LCD is taking over the 40" market from PDP.

I suspect what we see here is another manifestation of a strong trend
throughout electronics: the move to solid state. It's simply easier for
industry to ensure quaility during large production runs. In addition,
solid-state devices are usually lighter and more robust during handling,
which reduces shipping and handling costs, customer complaints and service
calls.

In contrast, moving devices or in the case of plasma gas-charged cells
impose a continuing strain on quality control. In spite of the fact that
plasma and DLP both produce good images, I think we'll see both gradually
fade away, for exactly those reasons. Rear-projection may hang for a while
in LCoS (top end) and LCD (low-end) versions, but eventually even they
will be replaced by solid-state, maybe some technology not yet heard of.

I remember as a nerdy kid in the 50s reading a Popular Science artical
that predicted that in the far distant future (1970!) we would all have
display walls, that could show moving images, art work, natural scenery or
simply light up the room. It's been a little slow in coming but I suspect
that's where we're headed.

Anyway we'll see. Life is interesting.

While I understand your point, the irony is that it is the LCD that has a
moving part (the chiral molecules of the liquid crystal).

And the display technology that I remember written about then was CRT but
with the beam bent orthogonally in some screwy manner and then striking the
screen. All this to minimize depth of the display device. This was to be a
'picture on the wall' device.

I also know someone who started his career in 1936 at EMI (in Britain)
working on plasma devices during WWII. This also included night vision
devices for the British Army. His recent comment to me (maybe 5 years ago)
was not to buy plasma. He considers it unreliable. But I pointed out to
him that the plasma technology of today is a far cry from that of
yesteryear. I happen to own a rear-projection HDTV (LCoS) and I am very
happy with the picture. I am not a seer but I think something like big
screen LCD will take over.

John



"dave gower" wrote in message
...

"RSweeney" wrote

I think the tide is turning.
LCD is taking over the 40" market from PDP.

I suspect what we see here is another manifestation of a strong trend
throughout electronics: the move to solid state. It's simply easier for
industry to ensure quaility during large production runs. In addition,
solid-state devices are usually lighter and more robust during handling,
which reduces shipping and handling costs, customer complaints and service
calls.

In contrast, moving devices or in the case of plasma gas-charged cells
impose a continuing strain on quality control. In spite of the fact that
plasma and DLP both produce good images, I think we'll see both gradually
fade away, for exactly those reasons. Rear-projection may hang for a while
in LCoS (top end) and LCD (low-end) versions, but eventually even they
will be replaced by solid-state, maybe some technology not yet heard of.

I remember as a nerdy kid in the 50s reading a Popular Science artical
that predicted that in the far distant future (1970!) we would all have
display walls, that could show moving images, art work, natural scenery or
simply light up the room. It's been a little slow in coming but I suspect
that's where we're headed.

Anyway we'll see. Life is interesting.

"John Jensen" wrote

...I happen to own a rear-projection HDTV (LCoS) and I am very happy with
the picture.

Me too. I've had my D-ILA for a year and a half and couldn't be more
pleased. It's everything JVC promised and more. That's one reason why I
think micro-display RPTV will hang around for a while.

"John Jensen" wrote in message
. net...
And the display technology that I remember written about then was CRT but
with the beam bent orthogonally in some screwy manner and then striking
the screen. All this to minimize depth of the display device. This was
to be a 'picture on the wall' device.

I also know someone who started his career in 1936 at EMI (in Britain)
working on plasma devices during WWII. This also included night vision
devices for the British Army. His recent comment to me (maybe 5 years
ago) was not to buy plasma. He considers it unreliable. But I pointed
out to him that the plasma technology of today is a far cry from that of
yesteryear. I happen to own a rear-projection HDTV (LCoS) and I am very
happy with the picture. I am not a seer but I think something like big
screen LCD will take over.

John



"dave gower" wrote in message
...

"RSweeney" wrote

I think the tide is turning.
LCD is taking over the 40" market from PDP.

I suspect what we see here is another manifestation of a strong trend
throughout electronics: the move to solid state. It's simply easier for
industry to ensure quaility during large production runs. In addition,
solid-state devices are usually lighter and more robust during handling,
which reduces shipping and handling costs, customer complaints and
service calls.

In contrast, moving devices or in the case of plasma gas-charged cells
impose a continuing strain on quality control. In spite of the fact that
plasma and DLP both produce good images, I think we'll see both gradually
fade away, for exactly those reasons. Rear-projection may hang for a
while in LCoS (top end) and LCD (low-end) versions, but eventually even
they will be replaced by solid-state, maybe some technology not yet heard
of.

I remember as a nerdy kid in the 50s reading a Popular Science artical
that predicted that in the far distant future (1970!) we would all have
display walls, that could show moving images, art work, natural scenery
or simply light up the room. It's been a little slow in coming but I
suspect that's where we're headed.

Anyway we'll see. Life is interesting.

I agree.

While PDP's have made AMAZING strides in image quality and lifespan of the
phosphors, I am still concerned with any electronic design that has to turn
lots of current at a high voltage on and off tens of thousands of times per
second.

And I have to admit it's a little weirdness in watching an old sci-fi movie
(like Fahrenheit 451) where the future's big screen wall TV is smaller than
the one I am watching.

Ain't science wonderful!
What a pity the physicists have been slacking (no doubt spending too much
time on PDP UV phosphors!) and we don't have anti-gravity flying cars.

Any large flat panel display that I buy would HAVE to double as a PC
monitor.

So the only thing keeping me from buying a plasma would be the constant
worrying about the dammed burn-in.