Pioneer PDP-428XD

Plasma is dead - long live the plasma! (605 words)
by tastydooyoo - written on 05/10/10, updated on 06/10/10 (Very useful, 96 readings)
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Lets not get too embroiled in the historical reasons for P Pioneer exiting the plasma market, but if you look closely you will see a company basing it s long term strategical planning on an ever increasing loss of ground to Panasonic and a very clever insight in to the future of flat screen TV s. When considering this particular brand and even model of plasma it s important to remember that, just prior to the announcement that Pioneer had decided to pull the plug on plasma manufacture, they had invested billions of dollars in creating the worlds best plasma sets - the Kuro range. It s not that Pioneer were making poor screens, in fact totally the opposite, they just ...

Pioneer PDP-436RXE

Superb TV and beautiful to look at (469 words)
by mng70 - written on 07/10/10 (Very useful, 174 readings)
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put potential buyers off. The Pioneer PDP-436RXE was the baby in the range as it didn t come with a Freeview tuner and was the smallest screen size of 43 inches. 43 inches is a strange number in todays market and even to this day I m not sure what that extra diagonal inch gives me. The design of the TV is typical of Pioneer. A beautiful piano black bezel with the screen slightly inset into the unit. A soothing blue hue emits from the power button on the lower left of the bezel and the whole set looks the asking price. The TV is a 720p unit - yes it s a few years old now. But despite this, I haven t seen another TV show such beautiful colours and imagery - well not ...