Editing Plasma display (section)

=== 2010s ===

At the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Panasonic introduced their 152" 2160p 3D plasma. In 2010, Panasonic shipped 19.1 million plasma TV panels.<ref name=post>{{cite news |title=Panasonic celebrates higher plasma TV sales for 2010, sets prices for 2011 |work=EnGadget |date=March 1, 2011 |url=https://www.engadget.com/2011/03/01/panasonic-celebrates-higher-plasma-tv-sales-for-2010-sets-pric/ |access-date=September 8, 2017 |archive-date=July 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703050711/https://www.engadget.com/2011/03/01/panasonic-celebrates-higher-plasma-tv-sales-for-2010-sets-pric/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2010, the shipments of plasma TVs reached 18.2 million units globally.<ref name="st2011-09-12">[http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/news/lcd-tv-market-larger-plasma-201102201032.htm LCD TV Market Ten Times Larger Than Plasma TVs On Units-Shipped Basis] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013185757/http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/news/lcd-tv-market-larger-plasma-201102201032.htm |date=2011-10-13 }}, 20 February 2011, Jonathan Sutton, hdtvtest.co.uk, retrieved at September 12, 2011</ref> Since that time, shipments of plasma TVs have declined substantially. This decline has been attributed to the competition from liquid crystal (LCD) televisions, whose prices have fallen more rapidly than those of the plasma TVs.<ref>{{cite news |title=LCD TV Growth Improving, As Plasma and CRT TV Disappear, According to NPD DisplaySearch |date=April 16, 2014 |work=PRWeb |url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/lcd_tv_growth_improving_as_plasma_and_crt_tv_disappear_according_to_npd_displaysearch/prweb11768569.htm |quote=Of course, the growth of LCD comes at the expense of plasma and CRT TV shipments, which are forecast to fall 48 percent and 50 percent, respectively, in 2014. In fact, both technologies will all but disappear by the end of 2015, as manufacturers cut production of both technologies in order to focus on LCD, which has become more competitive from a cost standpoint. |access-date=August 31, 2014 |archive-date=September 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904005315/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/04/prweb11768569.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In late 2013, Panasonic announced that they would stop producing plasma TVs from March 2014 onwards.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33199_7-57610230-221/tv-shoppers-now-is-the-time-to-buy-a-panasonic-plasma |title=TV shoppers: Now is the time to buy a Panasonic plasma |newspaper=CNET |date=October 31, 2013 |access-date=November 3, 2013 |archive-date=November 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104011846/http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33199_7-57610230-221/tv-shoppers-now-is-the-time-to-buy-a-panasonic-plasma/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2014, LG and Samsung discontinued plasma TV production as well,<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2471112,00.asp| title=With LG Out, Plasma HDTVs Are Dead| author=Will Greenwald| date=October 28, 2014| website=[[PC Magazine]]| access-date=September 8, 2017| archive-date=February 23, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223024610/http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2471112,00.asp| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-reportedly-ending-plasma-tv-production/| title=Samsung to end plasma TV production this year| author=David Katzmaier| date=July 2, 2014| website=[[CNET]]| access-date=February 18, 2020| archive-date=April 27, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427202633/https://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-reportedly-ending-plasma-tv-production/| url-status=live}}</ref> effectively killing the technology, probably because of declining demand.