With the exception of Laser TV, recent display technology improvements have been more “painstakingly evolutionary” than revolutionary. While plasma contrast ratio and black level performance improvements have been relatively modest over the past few years, average plasma TV performance significantly exceeds that of LCD, especially in terms of off-axis contrast and off-axis brightness. That said, [...]

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Many reviewers, including the HD Guru™, rated Pioneer’s 2007 Kuro plasma line as the year’s best. Now, the 2008 models have finally begun shipping to dealers. Are they as good as last year’s? Are they better? According to a Pioneer press release, all 2008 Pioneer plasmas, including the PRO-111FD, the 50” model in Pioneer’s Elite [...]

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Panasonic’s feature packed top-of–the-line 2008 50” plasma HDTV has even better specs than last year’s highly rated 750 series plasmas. Some of the new specifications for 2008 are: contrast ratio of 30,000:1 (up from 5,000:1 from last year’s 750 model plasma); home energy saving mode (on initial installation), built-in internet connectivity for access called Viera [...]

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