Samsung announces two gamer plasmas for Korea
By Ryan Block 
posted Feb 28th 2008 4:03AM
posted Feb 28th 2008 4:03AM
[Via Akihabara News]
posted Feb 28th 2008 4:03AM
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Wow, looking at that picture made me miss my 1st car... the Mitsubishi Eclipse.
That paint and displaced camber are horrendous tho.
Some race cars normally have negative camber to help with cornering traction. The trade-off is uneven tire wear, but that's not a concern as races are short. Aside from the funky teenaged paint job (ugh) this car could be decently race-tuned.
Hmm, Samsung making a high end plasma. Surprising... to me anyway.
So considering these are "gamer" plasmas, does that mean that having a HUD constantly on the screen won't be an issue?
I've been gaming on my plasma screen for over a year now without issue.
Here's an better article on the two Samsung plasmas.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/02/123_19800.html
Wow, after reading that article this two sentence engadget article sucks even more than it appeared. Particularly in saying that the 3Dness only has to do with talking with EA when in fact there's a 3d glasses aspect to it
from the .kr article,
"Users could see the latest generation of Hollywood 3D movies by wearing a designated eyewear"
moar better summaries please
want one!
by "gamer ready" they mean "it's the same shit but we're charging you twice as much, suckers!"
Yeah you would think if it's gamer ready... they would try to make it affordable due to the fact that most gamers aren't your rich 50 year old men that can drop 2 to 3k on a nice 1m:1 50".
So I guess right now no word on when the US is getting these bad boys. Oh I wonder, is it still not safe to game on a plasma? My dad is getting a pioneer 60" and i plan to play a ton on it when I get the chance. Just don't want to screw the thing up though. From what I hear, it's a lot safer then the older plasmas by far.
New plasmas are much safer then old ones. I've gamed on my Panasonic plasma for almost 2 years now and no permanent burn in. But for the first 100 hours or so of use do NOT play games with static HUDs/graphics on it (or any other material with static images for that matter). After the first 100 hours the chances of burn in are much less. Also make sure you reduce the brightness on the input you'll put your game system on. Most plasmas (not sure about Pioneer's) default an input to "torch" mode, ie supper bright.
I agree with Heath Stahl. My Panny has had no issue with gaming. I did the wear in process and have had no problems.
I dont expect these to sell that well because most koreans go to internet cafe's and play games on the pc. They dont really need to spend a lot of money on a "gamer ready" screen. The console market in Korea is bad.
sweet gorilla of manila :)
10 comments and everyone actually about the TV and not the girls. Something fishing is going on at Engadget.
Actually didn't notice the girl until I read your comment. She kind of blends in with the background and the color on the display draws your focus on the ricer.
i thought she was part of the "3d" effect
@ mattclarkie
These are the Series 4 Plasmas which were on display at CES - coming to the U.S. next month. They, like the current 2007 and upcoming Samsung DLPs, need the shutter glasses/emitter/software piggidy package from DDD (think it's $199). Supposedly NVIDIA needs to step up their game and get their 3-D drivers updated so more games can be played, etc.
Either way...it's coming...and perhaps some migraines too
With EA?
Does that mean they're going to stop putting the static, bright white EA logo on every single screen in the same place of every single game?
and built in internet EA Trax radio; but remember, you have to register for EA Online to get more than 30 TV channels.
Dangit, when I read the tagline I thought they had implemented the technology that allows two different images to show on the same display depending on angle of viewing.
You'd need two consoles but it's cheaper than two monster displays.
I too have gamed on Plasma, play COD4 on it all the time, and burn in is way overstated. But like it has been mentioned, do turn down the brightness (I recommend running a THX Video Optimizer), and set the picture mode to Orbiter.