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Pioneer PDPLX5090-UT Reviews: Kuro, 50" Screen Plasma Full HD 1080p TV

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“Fantastic picture” Trevor, Kent View all 14 real customer reviews

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86% of people recommend it.

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Design	9.5
Ease of use	6.5
Image quality	9.4
Sound quality	7.7
Value for money (at time of purchase)	8.0
Overall rating	8.9

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Score 9.0/10

Trevor, Kent

+ Fantastic Picture

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9 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Aug 2008

Score 10.0/10

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+ The best panel out there at the moment.

- Speakers and stand need to purchased separately.

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7 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 27 Jan 2009

Score 10.0/10

Stuart, Marlborough , “Film & hifi Buff”

+ The picture is without any doubt in my mind, the best I have ever seen. With Blue Ray it is just awsome. Even non HD terestrial TV is superb. It's expensive but must be the best 50" TV in the world. Cannot really comment on the sound as I use an Onkyo reciever. That too is superb.

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5 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Nov 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Excellant TV, can't fault it

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4 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Oct 2008

Score 10.0/10

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+ The deep blacks and superb range of colours puts this TV head and shoulders above any others currently on the market

- A bit pricey

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3 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Jan 2009

Score 10.0/10

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+ picture quality and design

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purchased 02 Jan 2009

Score 3.0/10

Geoff, Stafford , “Film and documentary lover”

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- For the cost of the product, it is only a marginal improvement on much cheaper televisions and is therefore not worth the extra money. I wish I had saved my cash.

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purchased 23 May 2009

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Product Features

Screen Size in Inches	50
Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
Type of Screen	Plasma
Most small flatscreen TVs have LCD screens. Some larger TVs have plasma screens. Some very new TVs have LED screens. Traditional TVs are called Standard or CRT.
HD TV	Full HD 1080p
‘HD Ready’ is a Europe-wide standard designed to made HD technology less confusing. HD Ready TVs must have • Minimum vertical resolution of 750 pixels (in widescreen format) • Ability to display 720p and 1080i formats • An HDMI or Digital Video Interface (DVI interface) Full HD is a higher standard. Full HD TVs have screen resolutions of 1080p and can output at least 24 frames per second. Full HD is becoming common, but you won’t see Full HD on normal TV channels for a long time, so it remains optional for many people.
Freeview or Freesat Tuner	Freeview
Freeview is free digital terrestrial TV. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service, which gives you HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You need a dish to receive Freesat but not Freeview. For more information see the Freeview site or the Freesat site.
Built-in Disc Player	No
Some products come with built-in DVD players or Blu Ray players.
HDMI Interface	3
Like a scart interface but capable of carrying HD signals from or to other devices. You’ll need these to link your Playstation 3 or your Blu-ray player to your HD-ready TV.
Number of Scart Interfaces	3
Scart sockets are places where you can connect other devices to your TV. If you already have a DVD player, a VCR and a Playstation you might want to make sure your new TV has enough Scart interfaces so you don’t have to keep crawling round the back of the TV.
Frequency (Hz)	100
A TV’s frequency is how often the picture is updated per second, and is measured in Hertz (Hz). A higher frequency, such as 100 Hz, means that a TV is more likely to show fast-moving images with high detail.
Screen Resolution (pixels)	1080p
The number of pixels the screen has. The more you have, the more detail the screen can display, given a high quality source. A breakdown of resolutions can be found on Wikipedia here
Screen Format	16:9
This is a ratio of the horizontal to the vertical size of the screen. 16:9 is standard widescreen format for TVs, replacing the older 4:3 format.
Brightness in Candela per square metre	1000
Brighter TVs, such as LCDs, tend to provide a better experience in lighter rooms, whereas TVs with a lower brightness, such as many plasma TVs, are often better suited to darker rooms.
PC Interface	Yes
If you’d like to use your TV as a PC monitor you’ll need to make sure it has a port to allow you to connect it. This is usually a VGA port, but some TVs include a newer DVI port. Adaptors are availible to allow VGA to DVI and vice versa.
USB Port	Yes
Socket for connecting devices such as a computers and other components
Electronic Program Guide (EPG)	Yes
TVs with this feature have an on-screen guide to all the programmes that are currently showing or coming up, so you can find your way around all the extra digital channels easily.
Picture in Picture (PIP)	1 Tuner PIP
TVs with this feature are able to display a preview of another channel while you are watching your current channel.
Picture in Picture (PIP)	Yes
TVs with this feature are able to display a preview of another channel while you are watching your current channel.
Energy Savings Trust Feature	No
A Yes means this this product has been rated as being energy-efficient by the Energy Savings Trust. Good for the environment and good for your electricity bill!
Weight (kg)	33.5

Height in mm	723
Width in mm	1233

Depth in mm	93
Freeview	Yes
Freeview is free digital terrestrial TV. Many newer TVs have Freeview built in. For other TVs you will need a separate Freeview set-top box.
FreeSat Tuner	No
FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service. The main benefit is that you can get HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You’ll need a dish to recieve the signals though.
Sound System	SRS WOW HD
Colour	Black
The main colour of the product.

Also known as: Pioneer KURO 1080p, Pioneer-PDP-LX5090, Pioneer Kuro PDP-LX5090, Pioneer PDP-LX5090D

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Manufacturer's Description

‘KURO’ means black in Japanese.

But not just any black. Perfect black.

And in the television world, black is everything. Black encompasses the entire spectrum of colour. The deepest black levels produce the purest colours and the sharpest details.

Achieving the blackest blacks imaginable and building a screen that produces the absolute best picture quality in the world was the inspiration and driving force behind our newest flat screen TV.

KURO lets you see literally every shade between black and white; the most vivid and flawless colours.

The PDP-LX5090, one of our latest KURO TVs, is just 93mm thin and has an integrated digital terrestrial tuner.

In short, KURO is a television that will let you see and hear like never before

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