Just read elsewhere that Pioneer is showing 2 new Plasma techs at CES. One is the "Extreme Contrast" that has the deepest blacks of any tv, ever.
"Thanks to the self emitting principle of plasma, we were able to crack the code on plasma luminance. Pioneer technology has advanced to the point where we have achieved virtually zero idling luminance in more than six million cells, previously thought to be impossible. The result is, in essence, absolute black with no measurable light coming from the television,"
After watching a 15-minute demonstration of the new Kuro television, we have to agree. Pioneer reps brought us into a small, completely dark screening room whose center hosted two televisions: the one on the left, today's currently-available 50" Kuro plasma; and the one on the right, the new "extreme contrast" 50" Kuro. The difference in luminosity and black levels between the two sets was incredible, especially considering that today's Kuro plasmas set the benchmark for color and black levels. Even so, the "extreme contrast" Kuro plasma's black levels were so true and so black that the television could not be seen in the darkness of the room; images it displayed appeared to levitate in thin air. On the other hand, the black levels on today's Kuro appeared gray by comparison.
The other, the "ultra thin". Its 9 milli-meter thick and weights at 41 pounds
