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There has been a lot of hype surrounding Pioneer's 8th Generation screens, and some pretty bold claims from the manufacturer themselves

Best black level for flat panels so far ; Which gives it an extremely high 3000:1+ calibrated contrast ratio ; Excellent handling of standard definition content ; Flat gamma helps produce very film-like image ; Very natural colour reproduction, and ...

PWM Noise noticeable below ~12ft ("fizzing" pixels) ; Lower resolution panel noticeable at this size ; Grey sidebars with 4:3 content unless you go into service menu ; Terrible handling of input selection ; Typical plasma buzzing noise due to high ...

To summarise, the Pioneer PDP-5080XD is the best flat-panel that I have seen to date, and the only other display on the market right now that I would expect to surpass it is its bigger brother, the 1080p native PDP-LX508D.

You name it and its definitely got it. Sports, movies, sitcoms and even reality game shows look particularly awesome with the 42-inch Pioneer PDP-4280HD widescreen high-definition plasma TV. The set is literally overwhelmed with the latest multimedia ...

A Pioneer PDP-4280XD Review - I decided to switch to a plasma, when the new top-of-the-line Philips LCD I bought was a real disappointment in terms of its black levels, i.e. the perennial backlight issues! So I returned the Philips (although I really like...

Overall picture quality ; Even the bad points aren't that bad

Frame design ; Remote design ; Poor shadow detail

The Pioneer 4280XD a fantastic choice of television and quite possibly one of the best plasma options currently out of the market, before it's release there was a massive hype within the circles that follow this sort of thing and you should know that the...

Excellent sound, excellent vision, modern technology at its best

A tad expensive, slight issue with shadows

The Pioneer 4280XD is quite simply the best 42" TV on the market. Pictures on Standard Definition are breathtaking and blow away my Sony 36" CRT which in itself is pretty good. The only real problem is waiting for BBC/ITV to get on with launching Freesat,...