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Pioneer Kuro PDP-5020FD

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    4.5 stars

    "Easily the new benchmark!"

    by haragr on July 8, 2008

    Pros: Astounding overall picture quality, surprisingly decent speakers

    Cons: None, at this point at least

    Summary: This review is coming from somebody who has owned every top-of-the line plasma/lcd HD TV in the past 6 years, including the LED backlit $14,000 Sony Qualia 005. I have owned the PDP-5020fd for exactly 1 week now, and I am in video heaven. I haven't done any major calibrations yet (want to wait at least 100hrs before doing that), but the out-of-the-box video quality is unbelievable. The black levels undoubtedly set a new bench mark, without sacrificing on overall picture quality in terms of contrast, brightness and color fidelity. And I thought my Qualia 005 was amazing, but this Pioneer is something else. I also compared the Pioneer against the latest Panasonic offerings, but there is just no competition. Worth every extra penny if you are a videophile - especially if you like watching movies in a pitch dark environment. You have to strain your eyes to see the black bars on the top and bottom of the screen - something that has always, always bugged my eyes all these years. The blu-ray playback via my PS3 is spectacular. I purchased my unit through beyondplasma.com for a shipped price of $3075.

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  • reply by: hawkhoops93 on November 29, 2008

    haragr,
    Thank you for your review... I am contemplating this Pioneer Plasma versus the Sony XBR6 and the only concern I have (and may be totally unfounded now) is the potential for burn in on plasmas. Is burn in still an issue with plasmas? I also have a PS3 for blu-ray so I was curious as to your experience using the two combined - do you use it for gaming at all as well?

    Thanks

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