RE: Plasma display recommendations
RE: Plasma display recommendations
- Subject: RE: Plasma display recommendations
- From: Richard Wagner <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:03:24 -0700
On Jun 20, 2009, Graeme Gill <email@hidden> wrote:
Richard Wagner wrote:
And I agree - the viewing angle is incredible, and the blacks are as
black as I've ever seen on a display. None of the flicker that you
often see on LCDs, either.
One of the weaknesses of Plasma displays has been the pixel
level control. The native response is linear, and the initial
displays had only something like 16 or 32 linear levels, making
for very poor shadows and gross posterization. The "fix" was to
dither like crazy, leading to a lot of dynamic noise and noticeable
remaining posterization. Do you think the display you refer
to has effectively tackled this problem ?
Posterization or poor shadow detail? I've never seen it on this
display. To the contrary, the images look stunningly realistic, to
the point that you can forget you're watching a TV. I've watched
people flinch and try to move when watching a Blu-ray "Pearl Harbor"
on the 60" unit with a good sound system. It's unreal. By far more
intense than a movie theatre.
The reviews of this display have all been spectacular - here are a
few excerpts from multiple sources.
http://www.pdp-6020fd.com/
PC Magazine Editor's Choice Dec 2008 - "The Best HDTV You Can Get"
"...when we looked over at the Pioneer, we immediately knew we were
seeing something special. The same features were so deep that it made
the blacks on the LCD look gray—even though this Samsung had the best
blacks we've ever seen from an LCD. On the plasma, the car appeared
more etched and dimensional against the dark background, thanks to
the extra low-level detail, and the letterbox bars virtually
disappeared into the set's black frame."
"...I think our results here have to be viewed in the context of the
tremendous feat that Pioneer has accomplished with its new Kuro sets.
The three of us evaluate HDTVs for a living, and we were all blown
away by how virtually perfect this 50-inch Elite set was in its
execution of every torture test we threw at it. "Best TV — ever" was
a phrase heard more than once that day as it began to sink in just
how good the darn thing was."(Sound and Vision Magazine, February 2008)
"But as good as the Sony KDL-55XBR8 is, it still couldn't knock out
the champion of the superheavyweight plasma division, Pioneer Kuro
PDP-6020FD which still reigns supreme as the best HDTV overall and it
costs much less, even at 60 inches, than the 55-inch KDL-55XBR8."
"The Sony 55XBR8 delivers picture quality that's nearly as good as
the Pioneer... ...we still give the overall black-level performance
nod to the Pioneer... ...the Sony's shadow detail was also superb,
nearly as good as the Pioneer" (C|Net October 2008)
...and it goes on.
This technology has made home movie-watching an entirely new
experience, particularly with films made for Blu-Ray.
--Rich Wagner _______________________________________________
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