Panasonic to quit Plasma TV business

grog on 11/10/2013 - 11:49

There may be some bargains coming up on Panasonic plasma TV.

According to a BBC technology news report "Panasonic 'to quit' loss-making plasma TV business"

"Other electronics companies, such as Hitachi and Pioneer, have already pulled out of the sector"

Underperforming

Plasma screens, which use electrically charged ionised gases, are praised for their brightness, deep blacks, and rich colour displays, but tend to use more electricity than other screen technologies.

An electrical engineer mate of mine did some calculations on the the power used by some very large plasma screens and was shocked at the huge amount of very expensive electricity consumed.

Read more here on the BBC report.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24458805

Electrical & Electronics Panasonic Plasma TV

Comments

  • Car-la-la on 11/10/2013 - 11:52

    this was news about 8 months ago…

  • _Bruce_ on 11/10/2013 - 12:10

    And nothing of great value was lost. Particularly if OLED works out, this is a great big 'meh'.

  • Forfiet on 11/10/2013 - 14:55

    does not suprise me in the least…

  • tonester on 11/10/2013 - 17:12

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/09/us-panasonic-plasm…

    Plasma display TVs accounted for less than 6 percent of global shipments in 2012, compared with 87 percent for LCD TVs, according to research firm DisplaySearch.

    Sony Corp, Panasonic and Sharp Corp combined had a less than 20 percent share of the worldwide flat panel TV market by revenue. Samsung had a 27.7 percent share, and LG Electronics Inc had 15 percent.

    Panasonic is trying to engineer a turnaround away from low-margin consumer electronics goods to products catering to automakers and other business clients.

  • Cheap Rich Guy on 11/10/2013 - 19:03

    The best plasma (Panasonic VT60) is still widely regarded as producing an overall better image than the best LCD. However I can't see them wanting to have production lines producing 3 different TV formats in the future. LCD is selling far better and OLED has more potential.

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