Archive for the 'Pioneer' Category
Pioneer PRO-FHD1 Plasma TV Review
Wednesday, January 24th, 2007Pioneer’s PRO-FHD1 isn’t for everyone. As the first 50-inch plasma display to have a native resolution of 1080p–in other words, 1,920×1,080 pixels–it understandably costs a mint ($8,000 list). As a monitor, as opposed to a “true” TV, it lacks niceties such as built-in speakers, a tuner (ATSC or otherwise), or even an included stand. And [...]
Pioneer PDP-5060HD
Monday, May 22nd, 2006In the past, Pioneer’s line of plasma TVs has performed well in our tests, but they failed to eclipse the picture quality of the best plasmas. This year, however, starting with the 43-inch PDP-4360HD, we noticed a marked improvement in Pioneer’s performance, especially in the panels’ ability to produce a deep color of black. Among [...]
Pioneer PDP-4360HD
Friday, May 19th, 2006We’ve been fans of Pioneer’s plasmas for the last couple years, but two things have kept them from achieving our top recommendation: their high price and their inability to display an acceptably deep shade of black. The 43-inch Pioneer PDP-4360HD belongs to the company’s latest generation of plasma panels, the Pure Vision 60 series, which [...]
Pioneer PDP-5050HD
Thursday, May 18th, 2006Pioneer, a longtime leader in plasmas, put all of its TV eggs in the plasma basket after dropping out of the CRT rear-projection business last year. The company’s plasma lineup includes two 2005 models that lack the high-end Elite nameplate, yet still cost a bit more than competing plasmas from other makers: the 43-inch PDP-4350HD [...]
