Re: LG to close PDP plant

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



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"RSweeney" <dockscience@xxxxxxxxx> 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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