Description

Choose the size appropriate to your viewing distance or room: 43", 50" or 60", but by all means if you need a new HDTV get a Pioneer Elite Kuro plasma screen. Yeah, I know....everyone is trying to sell you an LCD instead of plasma. LCD looks bright and exciting until you live with it. Then you notice that its too-vivid visual character makes everything look videoish, cartoonish and over-saturated, even if you get it ISF calibrated. LCD doesn't have the speed, the subtle color gradients possible with a multi-billion colors palette, or the pixel illumination control to win. Even the newest LCD screens are still too slow for fast motion sports. Good plasma screens with sophisticated chip sets, on the other hand, do a much better job capturing the nuance of film and the actual textures and light behaviors of actual objects, people and animals. Good plasma is more fully dimensioned and cinematic. And the best commonly-available plasma TVs are Pioneer's Elite line, with their current (late 2007) generation "Kuro" technology for deep blacks, sensational contrast and nuance, and correction for plasma's traditional bugaboo of over-luminous greens.

These are full 1080p capable, but nevertheless visually rich with a beautiful image at HD 768p and upscaled DVD. If you don't have room, inclination or cash for a full companion sound system, the Elite's in-set sound and speakers can still pull you into a movie. (via Pioneer Electronics USA)