Pioneer PDP4280XD Reviews: Kuro, 42" Screen Plasma HD Ready TV

+ its pioneer after all

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+ Excellent picture quality, sharp and crisp, very good black reproduction and a wide range of inputs and options. A very wide range of picture and input controls. Good freeview decoder.

- Needs to be set up correctly, and doesn't give it's best performance straight out of the box. Can be trick to master the large range of controls.

+ Fantastic with HD sources. Design looks amazing

- Sometimes a bit blurry with standard definition pictures

+ Aside from picture quality, build etc, it has extensive menus allowing you to adjust just about everything - unlike the other makes i've had where the options were rather limited.

- The black finish around the screen is extremely sensitive to scratching, even with the softest cloth you will draw lines in it and because this part of it attracts so much dust its quite annoying.

+ Looks great, get's loads of compliments. Good picture quality.

- Expensive compared to other brands.

+ Great Design. Amazing Picture - watched the Master Golf and was blown away with the colours and picture quality (and it wasnt even in HD). Cant wait to see an HD picture...

- Sound good but would be better to watch with surround sound so that the sound would match the quality of the picture.

+ Sharp and very rich colours

- Appreance, Thick frame.
Fixed stand.(Does not swivel)

+ Picture quality, no unwanted items e.g. Ability to record programmes etc.

- Poor sound quality

+ great picture proberly could benefet from a better sound set up.

- not great speakers

+ exceptional quality alround.

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+ all fantastic t v .

- none yet

+ Great picture quality, no noticeable problems with motion etc. Great colours. Looks good on wall. When looking at TV's in shop with a range of LCD's and this one on the wall, albeit all playing a blu ray pioneer advert, this tv stood out a mile on all counts.

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+ The design and build quality is excellent, as it is with all Pioneer products - you get what you pay for for sure, even though at quite a higher price than similar models from the more popular manufacturers.
The display specification may not be full HD but the picture is still supurb viewing HD satellite programs and DVDs.
It comes with both the stand and speak, something the other Pioneer displays have as optional extras.

- This particular model has the undermount speaker built in, unlike the majority of the other Pioneer displays. If you have an AV unit and surround speakers, which I plan on upgrading to, it would be great to be able to remove the speak.
The remote is rather large.

+ Easy to install and set up. Picture quality excellent. Very Pleased

- Picture size takes a bit of time to get used to. Not really a bad point "fantastic"!

+ Great sound and picture. Looks great.

- Remote control looks dated.

+ nice looking plasma ,excellent quality, and value very easy to set up

- not on a swivel stand, would have to pay extra for that.

+ Overall quality of the television

- Bit pricey

+ Fantastic television. Picture quality is very good with SD material, and simply awesome with HD material.
Simply put this screen is absolutely brilliant!!

- Its a bit expensive.. but it does look absolutely awesome!

+ Good image, although still very occasionally suffers from "shadows."

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+ You cannot beat the quality of the plasma panel on this TV. This coupled with a casing that looks as good as the pictures it displays, coupled with the 3 HDMI ports and all the extra connections at the back, there is little to fault it.

- Not one.

+ Lovely black levels, no pixellation on non HD content.

- Could be blacker :-)

+ Superb picture, spectacular black reproduction.

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+ Picure quality is second to none. Installation was very easy and there are plenty of connections available for about anything you could ever want to connect.

- sound is ok but could be better

+ One of the best palsmas I have seen. Way better than a LCD
Fantastic quality pic via std sky def.

- Bit pricy but hay, you get what you pay for.

+ Very good picture on standard definition television as well as HD broadcasts.Analogue and digital tuner, good connectivity for other equipment 3 scart connections 3HDMI, PC ,RGB etc

- Only 1 input for analogue/digital tuners

+ Easy to use

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+ absolutely a must to buy, great price for the quality of sound and looks, what more do you want a pioneer hanging on your wall.
also bought the pioneer cinema surround to go with it another quality buy.

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+ High quality product, great picture.

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+ Picture quality, set up, screen menu, 3 HDMI Inputs, 24fps compatable

- limited image adjustment

+ Great and consistent colours, good for fast moving images, HD is superb and plenty of inputs/outputs.

- Very heavy, stand doesn't swivel (which would be very useful).

+ Great picture, great TV

- sound not that great, TV program planner could be better, also would be better if the TV swivelled on its stand. But all these are minor points, the great picture more than makes up for it.

+ THE PICTURE IS THE BEST THERE IS.DO NOT BE PUT OFF BY THE FACT THAT IT IS NOT 1080 AS YOU REALLY CANNOT TELL DUE TO THE EXCELLENT CONTRAST RATIO.

- THERE REALLY IS NOT BAD POINTS I HAVE FOUND.

+ Good picture. Sound good. Bass can be added in sound menu. 3 hdmi sockets. Looks good. has 2power save mode good for reduceing glare when lighting is low in room. headphone socket. The 1080p on this model is outstanding. I have not seen an lcd in 1080p mode as good.

- Not at all easy to set up manual not easy to understand had to phone pioneer for help [Pioneer staff very helpfull] Wattage to high compared to lcd.

+ Great HD picture quality, works fantastic with my PS3 and 1080p quality games/blue ray movies
Good compliment of sockets at the back
Looks fantastic whether its switched on or not!

- Seems to attract dust - needs a good wipe every few days - but they are probably all like this
Remote control is large but with small buttons - no idea why?

+ The picture is the best I have ever seen on a flatscreen

- The sound quality is average and not good enough for a price point like this

+ Excellent picture quality even though it is not full HD.

- None apart from being more expensive than rival models with similiar spec. The controller could be a little smaller and better designed.

+ Very good colour and DEEP blacks.
I have both a SKY HD and a SKY+ box, the difference between the SKY+ and SKY HD box is negligible.
The best SD picture I've seen on large plasma, close to what you would expect on CRT TV.
Easy to use, good configurable options through the menu system. Impressive EPG for Digital TV.
Plenty of connections. AV, PC, HDMI etc. No humming which you sometimes get on some plasma TVs.

- With a HD DVDs (wide screen) signal you will get blank\black bands on the top and bottam of the screen because it can't map the resolution exactly, so it has to scale them, which is a tad disappointing. Sound good but not great, I would suggest you wire your sound through a stereo or 5:1 equipment.
The frame is a wider than on some LCDs I've seen, so looks a bit bulky.

+ Looks great, good quality picture with superb blacks.

- Sound quality average, takes a whiles to set up and calibrate but worth the wait.

+ Best picture around, need time to setup from manifacturers setting

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+ It looks very good! The sound is really excellent. Features such as picture type depending on whether you are watching sport, movie etc etc is very good. I was initially worried whether the size of the thing would look wrong in our living room, but it looks fantastic. It is really great to have a TV that does not have an enormous "backside". It actually takes up less space than our old 28 inch TV!! We love it.

- The remote control is not very sexy! But that is the only bad thing I can say about it!

+ Best picture quality and colour that i have seen compairing with other manufactrures,and very well desighned plus easy to use,very pleased with my purchase.

- none that i have come accross.

+ There would never be an issue with this Plasma. The image, sound and useabilty are second to none. It looks stunning on and off. The 42" is an impressive size for any room. I'm lucky to have a large space and it's perfect. There are enough inputs and connectiosn to satisfy any requirement for addtional equipment. I have a Sony PS3 connection. DVDs, Bluray and Games all look outstanding. Even standard sky looks good. This TV is high end. If you can afford the extra for a TV - then go for the PIONEER PDP4280XD.

- Yet to find one!

+ Superb picture both from built in Freeview tuner and Sky standard definition.

- Sound slightly disappointing (to my ears)-plenty of bass but speech seems to lack clarity,even after using the various sound options

+ It is the best plasma. Skin tones, detail and overall colour are very good, better than anything else.

- Improvements could still be made to picture clarity and sharpness.

+ Fantastic picture quality - the black's are black! Good looking, great sound!

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+ Great picture quality, easy to set up and use

- Freeview receiver not the best - picture locks up, never happened with a set top box connected to same aerial connection.
Plastic frame around tv is a magnet for dust!

+ Superb picture and sound. Surely must be the best on the market?

- None, although the instruction manual is quite dense. Something set out more simply and in clearer language would be really useful.

+ The screen is very clear even at a short distance away, unlike some LCD's I have seen. I like the energy saving programs that have been installed and it was very easy to set up. Its great for playing the Wii on the characters are vey clear and of a good size. The size of the screen suited my average sized room and it seems to give more detail to whatever you are viewing. You feel drawn into the picture.

- There are no real bad points about this screen. The only thing that my wife would probably bring to the table is the amount of dust it attracts. ;-)

+ good picture and vibrant colours

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+ picture,sound, style

- cost

+ every thing is good about pioneer good design great picture thanks poineer.

- no thing is bad

+ Standard def images are the best you can get - I'm using Sky+

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+ Amazing quality plasma screen that handles standard definition pictures very impressively.

- Out of box settings are terrible, so be prepared to spend some time calibrating the TV to get the most out of it.

+ picture

- price

+ Picture quality excellent, genuine proof that 1020p is not nessesary for a HDTV! Far better colour realism, and blacks than any other TV's i've seen. Great SD picture, with very little MPEG artifacts (no blocky pictures, unless the signal is REALLY bad).

- Ever so slight loss of shadow detail in some scenarios, which can be remedied by altering settings. Now i'm spoilt :)

+ The picture quality is far superior to my previous samsung, it also has a wealth of connections, 3 HDMI, 3 Scart and, component is all included.

- I dont know if this is just my paticular tv, but unless i turn the volume up on the 5.1, i can hear the panel buzzing! But having said that its not too much of a problem and im maybe nit picking.

+ Great Picture, great sound,great TV !!!

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+ Excellent picture quality - stunning blacks give real depth to the picture, the inbuilt Freeview is superb

- The only thing I didnt like was that the volume and channel change up down switches are the other way round to most other remotes - a tiny tiny thing

+ Very good picture

- Shadow detail could be better.
Sound could be better

+ fantastic picture quality, best black performance I have seen, excellent build quality and plenty of connections

- expensive

+ picture & sound quality

- not full hd

+ IMAGE BESTBFOR THE PRICE AT THIS TIME

- MISSES TEXT AROUND EDGE OF SCREEN

+ Slim, unobtrusive for such a big device. Excellent picture, plent of interfaces

- None so far.

+ Virtually everything

- No audio analogue output varying with TV volume is available.

+ have not found anything yet!

- nothing

+ PIcture quality and looks great

- Sound is a bit disappointing

+ Lives up to its reputation as the best Plasma TV in the world

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+ All.

- Price

+ Great TV for next gen gaming and blueray movies (the only HD signals I've been able to try on it). Still displays a good standard definition signal too, unlike some other high definition TV's.

- Expensive set, but I guess that must be for a reason ;)

+ Sleek, stylish, excellent build quality, really sharp image. I watch a lot of films and sport and the picture quality is great.

- I find it hard to fault this product.

+ Perfect TV - amazing black reproduction, great colours, most people I know have LCD's and the colours really are a cut above them. Absolutely love it.

- It would be nice if a version was offered that didn't include the speaker soundbar along the bottom border of the TV - I and surely many others who invested in this quality of equipment would be doing the same for audio and therefore investing in their own sound system, making the built-in speakers redundant. In saying that, the built-in speakers were excellent in the week or two that I used them.

+ Great looking with absolutely noticeable superior performance on SD over the same size LCD screens. I have a similar size LCD so I can see the difference

- The electronic programme guide looks a lot less slick and doesn't do PiP when you access it

+ The best 42 inch plasma you can buy

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+ Best flat tv out their

- It is expensive (but well worth it