Pioneer PDP-508XD - Expert Reviews

Pros: Flawless image quality across all modes, excellent speakers, integrated HDTV tuner, attractive design.

Cons: High price tag

Verdict: The Pioneer KURO PDP-508XDA is easily the best plasma television we have reviewed thus far. Even though it is a little more expensive than other 50in plasmas on the market, it is money well spent.

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Review summary: With its 'Kuro', blacker-than-black styling, the Pioneer PDP-428XD does live up to its hype. It might sound like a ridiculous thing to say about a TV but we really fell in love with the styling. It would make a great centrepiece to any home cinema and cer

Pros: Black levels; picture quality; styling; menu system; build quality; sound; connectivity

Cons: Picture can look a little soft with certain settings engaged; price

Verdict: A high-quality TV with the sort of black levels that we last saw on CRT TVs. It's not perfect but it does move home cinema screens up to a new level where they can offer something the LCD-based competition can't

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Review summary: pioneer pdp-428xda review: Pioneer has completely re-engineered this 42-inch plasma panel to produce a high performance TV that touts a 16,000:1 contrast ratio -- a spec triple that of competitive brands -- which should yield much deeper blacks and richer

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Review summary: pioneer pdp-508xda review: Pioneer's engineers went back to the drawing board to come up with a new plasma range that the company believes will set it apart in premium flat panel displays.

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Pros: Deepest blacks with full preservation of shadow detail, Glorious colours with accurate decoding

Cons: Need to know when to apply certain settings with different source,    material to avoid introducing artifacts,

Verdict: Pioneer PDP508XD is the cream of a bunch of 8G Kuro plasmas that delivers class-leading picture quality.

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