Plasma miconception

[lilojbone]

I do not remember my source for my following misconception. I want to say Cnet but I am not fully certain. I remember reading the contrast on a plasma television is weaker on television sets bigger than 65 inches. Is this accurate?

Thanks guys.

[Blu-Dog]

Originally Posted by lilojbone

I do not remember my source for my following misconception. I want to say Cnet but I am not fully certain. I remember reading the contrast on a plasma television is weaker on television sets bigger than 65 inches. Is this accurate?

Thanks guys.

No, that's not accurate. I don't know of any plasmas larger than 65", anyway. The issue was edge-lit LED screens, and their problems with backlighting not being uniform. The larger the set, the bigger the problem.

Plasmas drink a lot of electricity, but they're not subject to losing contrast with the larger sizes. I have a 60" plasma - the Kuro - and under testing, it has a very tiny difference between it and the 50" version - but it takes pretty sophisticated gear to detect it. I couldn't, so I got the 60".

[wzollinger1]

This can be model and brand specific, but oftentimes the larger screens have lower black levels, which in turn improves contrast.

[lilojbone]

Thank guys

[SlmShdy1]

For plasmas, it is hard for a larger panel to have the same brightness as a smaller panel. That's why you don't see any (consumer) panels over 65".

I don't know why everyone thinks that plasmas are energy hogs. Years ago, before LED's came out, certain plasmas were more energy efficient than LCD. CNET did all sorts of tests using the same scenes of a movie and determined Panasonics were some of the most energy efficient panels, including LCD's.