Pioneer KURO PDP-LX6090 HD Ready Plasma TV
January 6, 2009
A towering brand in the display domain, Pioneer has proudly launched the fully loaded nineth generation KURO Plasma TV recently. KURO means “the perfect black” in Japanese and KURO ’s bottomless depth of blacks prove it right. Pioneer KURO LX6090 Plasma TV is a 60″ HD Ready 1080p Plasma TV with mindblowing picture clarity, especially with Blu-Ray discs and SKY. The robust blacks, always the basic aspect of Pioneer plasma models, coupled with the shiny bright whites, reveal a massive colour contrast ratio. The motion rendering is dealt skillfully to deliver stable images with almost no judders and shakes.
The sound quality is sophisticated and the stereo speakers are exceptionally good in reproducing even subtle voice signals. Many enhancement features are included in Pioneer Kuro to give the best images. Improved Direct colour filter is used for reducing the accidental light bleed within each plasma cell. Colour toning, brightness, and black levels are controlled in an individual pixel level to enhance the picture quality. KURO LX6090 includes 100 frames per sec to enhance picture stability. The truely expansive tonal range from Pioneer, blends the subtle colours and portrays the image with terrifying accuracy and details. The subtlety offered by the wide tonal range is most obvious in the skin tones, which look quite natural and lacks the striping or plastickiness, as in other flat TVs. The features include video noise reduction, on-screen menu, i-CLEAR Drive, room light sensors, Active DRE, JPEG Photo Playback, Digital Noise Reduction, etc.
The usual KURO features like Crystal Emissive Layer, Deep Waffle Rib, etc are present in this Plasma too. Crystal Emissive Layer enhances the luminance efficiency and stability of plasma discharge cycle while the Deep Rib Structure cuts down the interpixel light and the colour bleed. The 24p sources are dealt well with the help of 72Hz mode, and it is going to turn on most of the movie buffs with unparallelled picture quality. The noise reduction is outstanding and the colour manipulation flexibility is terrific. The Pioneer’s image processing is clean and crisp. When coupled with the Blu-Ray sequences, KURO’s image delivery is amazing. Pioneer boasts “Dont Watch, Dont Listen, Be transformed by the whole new experience” and KURO proved it right with its dizzying high performance. The best picture quality, blacker blacks, complete connectivity, and intelligent optimisation makes it a beautifully sculpted technical extravaganza. The connectivity includes 1 USB port,3 HDMI inputs,3SCART connectors, 1 component input , 1 VGA input, Phono output optical audio out, 1 composite input and sub-woofer terminals.
The resolution of Pioneer PDP-LX6090 60″ widescreen HD Ready Plasma TV is 1920 x 1080 pixels. The aspect ratio is 16:9 and supports all possible broadcast formats. It is Full HD Compatible and is HD Ready. The in-built digital tuner or Freeview helps the users access certain channels for free. The progressive scan ensures the augmented picture quality. PIP allows multitasking for the users and the stereo speakers produce a combined output of 2 x 18W. The audio enhancement features like SRS Surround, SRS WOW HD, and SRS TruBass make it sure that the audio rendered is as good as the images. The frequency of Pioneer KURO is 60Hz. This means the signal is updated 60 times to create sharper and more precise images. The dimensions of the plasma are 87.6 x 146.5 x 9.3cm. It weighs 50.8 kg. The major drawback of Pioneer KURO is the very heavy price tag, which is affordable to only a very few people. KURO is power hungry too, with an operational power requirement of 510W; while in sleep mode it is only 0.4W, although. Lack of power on/off switch forces the user to unplug the TV to switch it off. Mastering the inputs are tricky and some of the features in the on-screen menu are a little tough to track down in a hurry. Initial set up is lengthy, and you have to activate the HDMI sockets manually, which is not so easy. However, these are all compromisable for the incredible performance offered by this plasma television.
Hitachi P50TP01 HD Plasma TV
January 5, 2009
Plasma TVs, one of the most refined and multifaceted electronic gadgets which adores many of the living spaces is more a multi-tasker that a telly! With the increasing popularity, manufacturers are also striving hard to launch the best possible model in the market. Hitachi has unveiled a fully loaded 50 inch widescreen Plasma TV - Hitachi P50TP01 50 inch Plasma TV. The major highlight of this widescreen PDP is excellent screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels which is the highest resolution offered in the display industry. The display format is Full HD(1080p) with a mammoth contrast ratio of 10,000:1 and an aspect ratio of 16:9. The brightness of this big-screen is 1100 Cd/m2 and progressive scan is another noteworthy feature that enhances the picture quality. This screen can be interfaced with PC to serve as a monitor and can also be hooked up with camcorders or cams or music players to render the relevant data in Full HD clarity.
Many features are artfully incorporated in this telly for superior picture quality. The image enhancement engine in Hitachi P50TP01 widescreen Plasma TV is Picture Master HD technology engine with over two million pixels to ensure unsurpassed picture quality. Many PDP’s have trails while furnishing the fast motion images and Hitachi has blended Movie FRC technology for evincing smooth motion and judderless shots. The other exciting features include multi picture modes, SD Card Reader, 2000 pages Teletext, user friendly on-screen menu, in-built 250GB Hard disk drive etc. Are you worried of the same timings for your favourite soaps? The twin DVB-T tuners helps you to watch a program and record another program in a different channels simultaneously. The motorised Swivel stand is another appreciable feature that helps you to control the position of TV with a single touch in remote. The visible screen size of this Plasma TV is 127cm and the USB socket provision makes this indeed a leader in the Hitachi Picture Master Series.
A cluster of connectivity offered by Hitachi includes 3 HDMI sockets, 3 SCART sockets,component input, 3 SCART inputs and one composite In along with S-Video in and head phone socket. The in-built TV tuners include PAL,SECAM and DVB-T tuners. The multi-channel preview includes PAP(Picture and Picture),PIP(Picture in Picture)and PAT(Picture and Text). This Hitachi P50TP01 HD Ready 50″ widescreen display has features like electronic program guide(EPG), NTSC Playback on PAL TV, SD Memory card slot etc. The audio system of this flatscreen includes stereo sound output with built-in surround mode and sound effects like BBE, SRS Focus and TruBass. There are two speakers which produce a net output power of 32W. Operational power consumption of this TV is 540W and the sleep mode power consumption is only 0.8W. The rich collection of features makes Hitachi P50TP01 50 inch Plasma TV one of the flagship models of Hitachi.
Goodmans GTV42P2 Plasma TV
January 3, 2009
One has to raid a major share of the hard earned savings to own a high-end plasma TV. Goodmans has made public its latest model Goodmans GTV42P2 42″ Plasma TV for a reasonable price that is accessible to many. The 42″ widescreen Plasma TV has a display resolution of 852 x 480 pixels, which can support only conventional broadcast formats. The HDTV compatiblity is lacking, which can make this big screen defunct in a few years. The aspect ratio is 16:9 and the brightness is 650cd/m², which is relatively low. It works in 50Hz frequency with 2 in-built tuners. The HDReady TV has a good Sound system powered by Dolby virtual surround and NICAM digital stereo. There are 4 SCART connections and it features PIP too. The two speakers has 14W each and Goodmans GTV42P2 has an auto tuner apart from a sleep timer.
The DVI input makes the connectivity of Goodmans GTV42P2 Widescreen Plasma TV good but unfortunately it is not HDCP compatible. The other downsides include absence of component video inputs, the misty grey that denies robust deep blacks in the image, and so on. The images lack the vigour and brightness and is slighlty furryedged and soft. The video noise is quite obvious and colour stripping is also a matter of concern. Moreover DVI and VGA inputs are not configured for progressive scan or HD sources. Though the sharpness of the image is affected, Goodmans GTV42P2 has natural colours even for the skin tones. The speakers are average with good stagesound; but the poor midrange and bass performances may sound harsh in high volumes. Even the looks of the TV is moderate. No stylish flourishes, as in the conventional established brands like hitachi, pioneer, etc are there in Goodmans GTV42P2. Fastext feature is present. Freeview is avaliable in this TV and 3D Digital Comb filter is present to filter the noise. It is not the right choice if you are expecting a dizzying performance like the well-known brands. But if you are ready to compromise for a moderate performance, this mid-budget big screen would not disappoint you.
NEC PlasmaSync 50XR6 Plasma TV
January 2, 2009
NEC, most reputed for the excellent detailing and noise-free video is back with the emerging Plasma technology.Most of the conventional firms are striving hard to monopolise the market. And as a result new displays with unbelievable features and quality are getting unboxed in the market. NEC PlasmaSync 50XR6 50″Plasma TV is such a high-end product from NEC display solutions of America. It is a 50″ widescreen with unbeatable video clarity and a striking design. The matt-black fascia and imposingly lean bezel harmonises it with any living space.The resolution is pretty good. It is 1366×768 pixels.Many of the rival brands like Samsung boasts full HD resolution but the picture quality of NEC 50XR6 is nothing less than stunning.The contrast ratio is 3000:1 which is not too astute because most of the traditional brands like panasonic,pioneer etc offers generous contrast ratio.
The major cons of NEC PlasmaSync 50XR6 is the price and the lack of domesticated features like built-in Free view tuner, built in audio speakers, absence of SCART connection and the poor performance in 1080p/50/60/Hz.The connectivity of NEC includes a pair of HD video capable of HDMI connections,2 component video inputs,a D Sub-Port and a RS232 control port. You can use a suitable adaptor and do SCART connections in one of the component ports.The NEC50XR6 is not so user friendly. The lengthy setup includes wiring and bolting up the seperate speakers and also fixing the heavy swivel stand . The limited connectivity will surely affect the popularity despite of all the plus like sumptously rich colour depth of 1.07billion colours, deep blacks and robust image rendering, excellent sound delivery with the 18Wspeakers connected,exceptionally good images with no trails of common plasma awes like color striping,noisy blacks,flickery noise over motion or any sort of resolution loss.
The features of NEC PlasmaSync 50XR6 50″ widescreen Plasma TV includes 900% smooth digital zoom,picture in picture, dual picture function,split screen,screen burn protection etc.The viewing angle is 160 degrees and the magnificiently crisp images ensures you the best view in the town!The operational power of NEC PlasmaSync 50XR6 is 340W.The progressive scanning and HD Ready technology ensures the rich vibrant tones much better than most of the established ‘domesticated’ brand.The extra ordinary dynamic range and detailing of the soundstage will take you into another world of digital entertainment.The dimensions of NEC PlasmaSync 50XR6 is 1222×736x99mm and weighs 35kg.It is a safe and brilliant buy if you have good HD connection and a nice home theatre system.
LG 60PG3000 HD Ready Plasma TV
November 25, 2008
LG is a well established company that manufactures a variety of products such as LCD TV, plasma TV, mobile phones, IT products, home appliances, air conditioning products, audio and video devices. LG 60PG3000 Plasma TV is one of their products that was launched recently.
This plasma TV produces amazingly bright pictures with the help of its high resolution. 100Hz scanning technology backs it, to produce clear pictures with zero blurr or flicker in the images. It is built with Digital Comb Filter and an XD Engine Image Enhancer to make the pictures look natural.
This plasma TV is HD Ready and comes with a screen size of 60 inches. Brightness of 1500cd/m2, contrast ratio of 20000:1 and a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels helps in producing amazing pictures. This TV is designed to respond to the user’s inputs in no time and hence the TV never exhibits sluggishness when the user switches over to other programmes. Aspect ratio of 16:9 gives the user the complete widescreen effect with theatre viewing effect. Progressive scan is another important feature that enhances the picture quality.
LG 60PG3000 HDMI Plasma TV produces SRS TruSurround XT sound effect with its speakers endowed with a total output power of 20W. Some of the special features of the audio system of this plasma TV are XD-Engine technology, Video noise reduction and DCDi(Directional Correlational Deinterlacing). Digital(DVB) and Analogue are the built in tuners of this plasma TV.
Connectivities in this model includes 1 x composite, 1 x S-Video, 2 x SCART, 1 x Component, 1 x audio line in, 3 x HDMI, 1 x RGB input and 1 x serial(rear). One important connector in this TV model is PC input. Teletext feature in this model comes with a memory of 1000 pages.
Other important functions included are Clock, automatic power on, on-screen menus, parental control, 2:2 pull-down compensation, 3:2 pull-down compensation and chapter markers. Accessories that come with this TV are remote control and power supply. The enclosure comes in black colour. LG 60PG3000 Widescreen Plasma TV comes with one year warranty.
