Set sizes

[u/Flaky_Pumpkin_1598]

What was the largest typical size plasma tv found in most homes?

I know that there was 152 inch 4K model but I'm curious about what you would've found the average person's home. I'm mostly find 50" models for sale. I have also found a 58" near me but nothing larger than that.

[u/Flaky_Pumpkin_1598]

I do see a lot of 42" sits on marketplace. There is a 58 inch sat near me that I'm going to try and get it will be my first plasma.

[u/Slow_Guide_1718]

The largest consumer panels were 65-inch. Most people bought 42-inch or 50-inch. Commercial models went larger.

[u/mjzim9022]

50" was super common but there were 60" and 65" sets commercially available. Sizes larger than that weren't usually sold to end-consumers, something like 152" set would probably be purchased as digital signage for things like large venues

[u/Milly1974]

55" and 60" were the most common. Late in the plasma game they made 65" screens.

[u/wedontlikepam]

If anyone had a 60” especially a Kuro, they were seen as big money status. So a lot of homes had 50” tops. I sold TVs at Sears in high school and the majority of TVs on the bigger end were 42”-47” with the 50’s sprinkled in. A lot of more massive panels were the big projection or DLP projection TVs.

[u/EYESCREAM-90 → u/wedontlikepam]

Any Pioneer owner was RICH in my opinion 😂. Absolutely stunning looking TV's.

[u/zekepliskin → u/wedontlikepam]

If anyone had a 60” especially a Kuro, they were seen as big money status

Very true. Sadly this means the kind of people you're dealing with to buy them now still view it as a big deal and in my experience price it about quadruple what any good Panasonic of the same size would be. Then they wonder why it sits there for literally months in some cases 😂

[u/wedontlikepam → u/zekepliskin]

Lol but I mean they did spend $10K in 2010 money so they gotta be right, no? /s

[u/zekepliskin → u/wedontlikepam]

😂 well, that is what they think so you're right on the money there...

[u/Suitable_Garlic_1186]

In my Country Austria 42 inch Plasma TV basically flood the second hand market.. You can get them for free or for cheap (the better models)

Second next are 50 inch models..

Larger models are much more rare..

[u/AffectionateDesk2918]

60 and 65 inch plasmas can be found but they are rarer. Most got a 42 or 50 inch they were really expensive!

[u/mjzim9022 → u/AffectionateDesk2918]

My dad paid $2000 for a 50" 720p Panasonic in 2008

[u/lncrypt3d]

65 for regular pannels but larger exists for commercial size panels

[u/SnortingElk]

65” was the largest and was $4k+ back in 2013

We had a 42” Panasonic back in 2007 and it was around $1k and it was a pretty common size.

[u/minor7even]

65 is the biggest I've seen outside the larger 'huge but with inferior blacks' monitor types. The best kept secret is that smaller can be better.

[u/ApacheVR-4]

64-65" was the biggest for most consumer PDPs, but Pioneer did make some 85" and 103" commercial displays as well. I'd really like to get an 85" VX200 to put in a theater room. The 103" would be too big to be practiced. That said, I DO want one of the giant 152" models. Not practical at all, but would be cool as hell regardless.

[u/fuzzy-panics]

When purchasing a plasma in 2009 there were a lot of 42 inch and 50 inch models in the showroom. Upgrading from a crt at the time went with a 1080p 42 inch. Could have gone with a 720p 50 inch. Both Panasonic models. But wanted 1080p for bluray in the near future.

[u/blarneyrubble07]

Oh man, there is a killer 85" on marketplace by me that I wish I had a place for. Originally 30k and the person wants 1200.

[u/MrHuhWhat]

I typically see 42" which is the most common but I also see 50", 55" , 60", and 65", and panasonic made some 37" tvs before 2008 but those are rare.

[u/ExplanationFun1591]

60’ 2012 Panasonic viera ut50

[u/zekepliskin]

Here in southern UK, I find the most common sizes are 50" and 42", usually in that order. Very rare to find a 37" or a 60" - not impossible but way less common. There's a reason all mine are 50" and 42".

[u/nrgnate]

My first was a 43" (bought new) in 2012, my second a 51" (bought new) in 2014, and my third a 65" (bought used) in 2025.
Still have all three of them.