a sad day for plasma tv tech.
Indeed it is!
Conversely, Panny's VT60 and ZT60 are coming down in prices! As well as Samsung's F8500 plasmas.
Yesterday, I saw the 65" VT60 on par with pricing at $2999 same as 60" ZT60. So technically its either you get the bigger plasma with slightly lower specs/performance or sacrifice the 5" of display and get the top-tier ZT60.
Samsung's 60" F8500's prices are going down too, and you can have them for as low as $2399 and $2899 for the 64" version.
LG's decision on stopping Plasma TV production is due to the fact that people don't wanna buy their plasmas anymore. I'd say 75% of consumers who buy Plasmas nowadays are from the enthusiast market knowing the benefits of getting a Plasma when we talk about deeper colour, blacker blacks and whiter whites, refresh rates, etc. while the other 25% of the buyers simply buy them because they can get a bigger TV for a cheaper price compared to buying LEDs.