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According to Reuters (LINK), Panasonic will halt Plasma TV production by end of March 2014.
I know there are a few members here who have Panasonic TVs and some own plasmas. I am one of those. As a matter of fact, I'm looking to upgrade my living room Panny Plasma from the current 46" to a 55" or 60" next month on Black Friday. I was going to go with a Panasonic Smart TV with all the apps you can customize. Now, I'm wondering if it's a good thing that they are stopping production - i.e. blowout price drops. Or is it a bad thing, as in lack of future customer support and firmware updates and app updates, etc?
Any thoughts?
P.S. I went with a plasma originally for the deep blacks when watching movies and it is in a room that doesn't get a lot of natural light, but I'm not opposed to an LCD or LED if the picture is as crisp and true color (especially blacks) and in a similar price range ($1,000 - $1,500 USD).
I know there are a few members here who have Panasonic TVs and some own plasmas. I am one of those. As a matter of fact, I'm looking to upgrade my living room Panny Plasma from the current 46" to a 55" or 60" next month on Black Friday. I was going to go with a Panasonic Smart TV with all the apps you can customize. Now, I'm wondering if it's a good thing that they are stopping production - i.e. blowout price drops. Or is it a bad thing, as in lack of future customer support and firmware updates and app updates, etc?
Any thoughts?
P.S. I went with a plasma originally for the deep blacks when watching movies and it is in a room that doesn't get a lot of natural light, but I'm not opposed to an LCD or LED if the picture is as crisp and true color (especially blacks) and in a similar price range ($1,000 - $1,500 USD).