Differences between Panasonic and Samsung 3D TVs
Panasonic and Samsung have both released 3D TVs using the same basic 3D imaging technology. The main difference is that Panasonic uses plasma technology and Samsung uses the LCD technology.
The Panasonic website provides complete information about its recent 3D plasma product, the Full HD Home Theatre movie system that includes the VIERA® VT20 Series HDTV and DMP-BDT300 Blu-ray Disc™ Player with 1 Pair of 3D Active Shutter Glasses. Panasonic Plasma 50 inch model may sell for $2,500 in the United States, at a reduced price compared to Japan. The Samsung website reveals its UN55C7000 55″ 3D 1080p LED TV using the LED backlighting on the basic LCD screen making it thinner and very energy efficient. Samsung’s 2010 3DTVs are priced from $1,700 onwards.
Panasonic’s plasma technology is the cheapest and best flat screen TV free of motion blur with excellent black levels. Their quality is very hard to beat. Since 3D works by flickering between right and left eyes’ viewpoints, plasma’s excellent responsiveness is an advantage to ensure that each eye gets a truly different picture. The only disadvantage of plasma is its high power consumption, the heat emitted from it and a threat of burning in.
Samsung’s LCD technology provides vibrant colours, lower power consumption and bright picture in bright rooms. These features provide enough advantage for the consumers. But LCD is not the best for 3DTV and even if you get a thrilling picture the quality still does not match to that of the plasma screens. LCD 3D TV absolutely requires active shutter glasses.
The publication Consumer Reports reviewed Panasonic 3D plasma and two Samsung 3D LCDs. They came to a conclusion that Panasonic provides superior 3D imaging than Samsung which suffered from a bit of double imaging. Panasonic’s 3D glasses also gave better results at more extreme viewing angles. The plasma also provided better black levels than the Samsung LCDs, a common verdict already in 2D HDTV performance.
This proves that Plasma technology adopted by Panasonic has more advantages in terms of quality of viewing and 3D imaging. Although it appears to be slightly more expensive and less energy efficient, it has received better reviews in terms of quality of image.
