Perhaps the finest of the plasma HDTVs, the Pioneer PDP 5080HD (or 42 inch PDP 4280HD) displays an impressive picture with fantastic contrast, even though its rated resolution is only 768p. Evidently, the difference between 768p HD and 1080p HD is minimal in determining the quality of the picture, mainly because every television has to downgrade video to its native resolution, thus leaving contrast as the most deciding factor. The 5080HD also boasts a terrific array of connections, with 4 HDMI inputs as well as a VGA computer port. Although the primary red and green colors are not as great as one could hope and the price isn’t cheap, this television holds up well on all levels against similarly sized LCDs, and actually surpasses many of ...
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Perhaps the finest of the plasma HDTVs, the Pioneer PDP 5080HD (or 42 inch PDP 4280HD) displays an impressive picture with fantastic contrast, even though its rated resolution is only 768p. Evidently, the difference between 768p HD and 1080p HD is minimal in determining the quality of the picture, mainly because every television has to downgrade video to its native resolution, thus leaving contrast as the most deciding factor. The 5080HD also boasts a terrific array of connections, with 4 HDMI inputs as well as a VGA computer port. Although the primary red and green colors are not as great as one could hope and the price isn’t cheap, this television holds up well on all levels against similarly sized LCDs, and actually surpasses many of them in picture quality comparison. Add to this an anti-reflective screen, a clean image, a removable speaker and great user reviews, and the PDP 5080HD definitely looks like a worthy choice.
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