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Pioneer 50 1080p Plasma PDP Projection HDTV From Pioneer List Price: $3,500.00 Price: $3,299.99 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Ships from and sold by Pavilion Electronics 4 new or used available from $1,967.99 Average customer review:

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Amazing Plasma TV

I looked for around 6 months for a new HDTV to replace a Sony XBR1 40″ I’ve had for several years. After spending way to much time reading CNETs reviews, I settled upon this pioneer 50 plasma pdp.

The performance is excellent. It certainly has better image quality than my Sony LCD, both when watching movies (due to the excellent contrast), and when watching fast moving basketball, in which my sony LCD would occasionally have motion artifacts. I think much of the LCD motion artifact thing has gone away with high end LCDs these days.

If you are a video nut that wants to change every aspect of the settings, you need to get the elite model, which is basically the same TV, but with all the settings opened up. You only get basic settings with this model. However, it has a mode that I personally like called “Optimum”, where the TVs sensors detect what type of picture is being displayed along with the ambient room conditions and adjust accordingly. So far I’ve left it on that and it has been great. I have also played with “Movie” mode, in which you get about 50% of the controls on the picture that a typical high end TV might have.

Aesthetically, this pdp pioneer looks perfect. The plain back bezel that is very small for this size of TV is exactly what I was looking for. Some of the Sony’s for the past 4 years and most of the LGs and Samsungs have just got too much going on. I want a perfect picture and a minimal “TV”. In addition, this pdp 50 is very thin for a 50″ plasma, it is only 3.7″ thick. My 40″ LCD was 5.5″ and the new sony XBR8 LED backlit LCD is almost 6″ I believe.

In a store I compared this TV to the Samsung A950 series (LED backlit LCD) and the Sony XBR6, both 46″ models. The Pioneer was cheaper and just looked better hands down. I went back on 3 occasions to confirm this was the case.

The big question many of you are probably asking is should I order from amazon and save almost $1000 over best buy or other big box store? My first HDTV I purchased from a locally owned specialty retailer. It gave me the confidence I needed since I knew little about HDTVs at that time. They offered a 15 day no questions asked return policy. For this pioneer 50 plasma purchase, I went with amazon.com and saved $1000. Shipping was free. Amazon will contract this to CEVA, who will contract the delivery to your home by another local delivery agent. My TV arrived within 3 business days. It went from Ohio to Chicago in the first day I ordered it, and then was in Milwaukee to be delivered the next day and an appointment was set up. However, when the delivery guys showed up, I asked them to remove it from the packaging so I could plug it in and make sure it worked before I accepted delivery. The bezel was cracked and the screen damaged before we even got it out of the box. So I easily refused shipment and the delivery guys took it back. I contacted amazon and once you get beyond the india help desk and to a real agent who specializes in electronics returns I was all set. A new unit was sent 3 days later (with a total of about 1 week delay) for no charge. I think in the future I would order online from amazon.com again for the cost savings they provide. Although it was a hassle to be at home twice to have the TV delivered twice it was worth the savings for me. I believe you can also return to amazon within 30 days as well if you change your mind, but shipping cost is yours to pay.

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