Ok, I’ll play on this zombie thread too...
Plasma was better as long as you could deal with it’s drawbacks. So, for consumers...
1. Gets hot AF
2. Heavy AF
3. Very prone to burn in
For retailers, weight is a burden. It also had to shipped upright.
For manufacturers “4K” turned out to be marketing gold. Making a 4K plasma was possible but the tv had to be no smaller than ~50-50” and needed even more power and more weight. On a side this makes me sad as 85% of programming viewed is still 720p. The average person just thinks 4K means good ole TV, or some such BS, and plasma was considered in the perceived “Stone Age” of 1080p.
Thin TVs were also marketing gold. Plasma would always lack here, and would probably soon hit a point of virtual impossibility to make as thin as modern day LEDs.
But, there was no doubt if you were serious about the best picture Plasma couldn’t be beat. The last ones released were truly awesome.
Then came OLED, and it was over for plasma.
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