New Plasma has 20,000:1 on paper contrast ratio

LCD Killer: Uh Oh LCD: Pioneer’s 8th Gen Plasma HDTVs Blacker at 20,000:1 – Gizmodo

The most important pieces of the puzzle being a “new deep encased cell structure, crystal emissive layer and first surface colour filter.” What that means is the new sets, part of Project Kuro (“Black” in Japanese) have a black level 80% deeper than 7th generation Pioneer plasma.