[Tig] NAB: Sony showing its 'CRT replacement' ++

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Wed, 25 Apr 2007, Robert Houllahan wrote:

> Thanks to Sherwin Berger (RTI) for support in 2007.  ====
>>
>> "am I missing something"
>>
>> Just a bunch of video levels.  That's all.
>
> So the newer plasmas only resolve 6 bits of video like the old
> ones...;-)

Plasma TVs produce a pretty (bright) picture but they are limited by 
basic physics.  The cells need to be electrically pulsed and dark 
pixels result in very low pulse rates which means that the color 
resolution close to black is very poor.  Vendors have figured out how 
to avoid the obvious dark "pooling" of earlier panels but the basic 
device physics still applies.  Plasma is definitely not suitable for 
grading.

Bob
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