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I had a 1080p plasma up until last year and decided it was time to upgrade. For me it was less about the resolution and more about the picture quality and black

I had a 1080p plasma up until last year and decided it was time to upgrade. For me it was less about the resolution and more about the picture quality and blacks. Plasma did pretty good for the time it was around but on the OLED the 1080p content looks amazing and so does 4k. For the first few months I was just blown away about how much better it was even on sub-par content. I do agree that few people will upgrade simply because 8 > 4 unless they need a new TV. These newer technologies have better HDR color depth/contrast/brightness and latency which will be the features worth upgrading for rather than resolution.

dajonker 4y ago
Same here, plasma for 10 years and now an OLED. The difference is night and day. I don't notice much difference between 1080p and 4K content because of the distance to the screen but HDR is amazing, especially for gaming.
ageitgey 4y ago
I'd guess your 1080p plasma also weighed 50+ pounds and consumed a few hundred watts of electricity vs. new TVs that are super light and much more energy efficient. So that's another big reason to consider upgrading from a plasma (or at least one less reason to hang on to old tech).
- bzzzt 4y ago
  I've still got one of the last (NeoPDP) plasma displays. While it uses a bit more energy than OLED it's not 'a few hundred watts', but tens of watts. Also, since TV's have become cheaper a new TV will probably be a bigger one which uses more energy so there's less energy saving. Manufacturing a new TV will be a bigger energy sink than just using the old one a bit longer.
- yourusername 4y ago
  You're right about power usage but why would i care how much my TV weighs? I don't regularly have to carry it and if you're moving once every few years it doesn't matter is a tv is 100 lbs or 10 lbs.
- ProllyInfamous 4y ago
  Yes, for specifics (I still run a 50" Plasma "in the garage, " which was recently replaced with a 55" OLED 4K): 50" Plasma: 290-430 watts, depending on image; refresh rate is SLOW & obvious; I only run this in the wintertime, for "space heating" 55" OLED: 90 watts, twice as bright; colors are INCREDIBLE, almost as good as my ICR10 monitor that costs 3x per pixel; The 55" OLED has the same pixel density as a 30" Cinema Display, but the pixels are brighter and take up more of the area (i.e. there isn't as much "support network" / black) and is obviously 4K.

dajonker 4y ago

Same here, plasma for 10 years and now an OLED. The difference is night and day. I don't notice much difference between 1080p and 4K content because of the distance to the screen but HDR is amazing, especially for gaming.

ageitgey 4y ago

I'd guess your 1080p plasma also weighed 50+ pounds and consumed a few hundred watts of electricity vs. new TVs that are super light and much more energy efficient. So that's another big reason to consider upgrading from a plasma (or at least one less reason to hang on to old tech).

bzzzt 4y ago
I've still got one of the last (NeoPDP) plasma displays. While it uses a bit more energy than OLED it's not 'a few hundred watts', but tens of watts. Also, since TV's have become cheaper a new TV will probably be a bigger one which uses more energy so there's less energy saving. Manufacturing a new TV will be a bigger energy sink than just using the old one a bit longer.
yourusername 4y ago
You're right about power usage but why would i care how much my TV weighs? I don't regularly have to carry it and if you're moving once every few years it doesn't matter is a tv is 100 lbs or 10 lbs.
ProllyInfamous 4y ago
Yes, for specifics (I still run a 50" Plasma "in the garage, " which was recently replaced with a 55" OLED 4K): 50" Plasma: 290-430 watts, depending on image; refresh rate is SLOW & obvious; I only run this in the wintertime, for "space heating" 55" OLED: 90 watts, twice as bright; colors are INCREDIBLE, almost as good as my ICR10 monitor that costs 3x per pixel; The 55" OLED has the same pixel density as a 30" Cinema Display, but the pixels are brighter and take up more of the area (i.e. there isn't as much "support network" / black) and is obviously 4K.