Can the PS3 Save Sony?

[fisetdavid26]

It was on Gizmodo, not sure how seriously it can be taken.

Console Wars: Xbox 360 Outsells PS3 In Japan, Totally Sold Out

Japanese people never liked the 360, nor the original Xbox... that is weird.

[Matra et Alpine]

LCD's can't produce the true blacks that plasmas can.

Check out the new controled LED backlight
Light behind the pixel is turned off when true black is needed !
Still expensive and not yet in large size ... but they're coming

Tearing is pretty much removed from all the screens as it was a digital artefact, not a screen issue ( well on recent LCDs ).

[fisetdavid26]

LCD's can't produce the true blacks that plasmas can. They also don't wash out in sunlight as easily, which in most homes can be a problem (unless you have an actual home theater room, in which case you're going to go projector anyway).

And have fun with your LCD and its tearing on fast-moving content.

I'm sitting in front of a $800 LCD computer monitor, never had any problems with true black, I even plugged in a good ol' CRT for comparison and the difference was minimal. I've been playing a lot of action games and never had any problems with ghosting, and there's a window in which the sun shines everyday at its zenith right behind me and I have no problem reading what's on screen (granted it's not quite clear but it's still readable).

LCD's made a lot of progress in the last few years, and are only getting better.

P.S. F*** plasmas.

[Quiggs]

Check out the new controled LED backlight
Light behind the pixel is turned off when true black is needed !
Still expensive and not yet in large size ... but they're coming

Even so, you are still losing a lot of contrast range by just turning the pixel off.

Tearing is pretty much removed from all the screens as it was a digital artefact, not a screen issue ( well on recent LCDs ).

True enough. Response times have gone down faster than Fiset's sister on prom night.

[fisetdavid26]

True enough. Response times have gone down faster than Fiset's sister on prom night.

She haven't graduated yet you tool.

[Matra et Alpine]

Even so, you are still losing a lot of contrast range by just turning the pixel off.

no, it's jsut like plasma.
LCD "black" the pixel blocks the backlight and so can't be that black.
With the new LED ones the LED BEHIND the pixel goes off itself.
And so the black isn't the blocking of light, it is the same as a Plasma and is the lack of light

[Quiggs]

I think I initially read LED as LCD. My fault.

The new OLED TV's look incredible. Can't wait till their prices come down a lot.

[Zytek_Fan]

LCD's can't produce the true blacks that plasmas can. They also don't wash out in sunlight as easily, which in most homes can be a problem (unless you have an actual home theater room, in which case you're going to go projector anyway).

And have fun with your LCD and its tearing on fast-moving content.

2ms response time FTW.

[NSXType-R]

Japanese people never liked the 360, nor the original Xbox... that is weird.

Yup, which might mean bad news for Sony, because if it's doing bad in Japan, it should probably do bad elsewhere too.

[fisetdavid26]

Yup, which might mean bad news for Sony, because if it's doing bad in Japan, it should probably do bad elsewhere too.

But as I pointed out they are not very far behind in terms of worldwide sales.

[werty]

no the ps3 wont save them...the ps3 cant even save itself