Are pioneer plasma tv's universally brilliant?

[dave_s13]

Got the chance to get one of these for a couple of hundred quid

http://www.pioneer.eu/uk/products/archive/PDP-436S...

I am aware that folk generally get a bit giddy about the old pioneer kuro sets and I just wondered if this would be an improvement over my already seemingly decent (to me) Panasonic mid range 42" job, it's getting on for 6 years old now, works perfect but isn't full 1080p. Other telly is a 40" Samsung bought a couple of years ago and is also a mid range LCD unit.

If you didn't really need a new telly is it worth a punt?

[OldSkoolRS]

Just so you're aware the 43" Pioneer you linked to isn't 1080p native either. It's 1024 x 768 (using rectangular pixels to achieve a 16:9 proportion). Not to say it won't have a decent picture, but it isn't the 'Kuro' model(s) that everyone seems to go giddy over.

[mp3manager]

IIRC, the 6 & 7 series Pioneer's where built down to a price point, in order to compete with Panasonic, LG & Samsung panels at the cheaper end of the market and therefore are not a good example of Pioneer build quality.

So I personally, wouldn't spend any money on this.

Edited by mp3manager on Saturday 15th March 03:33

[dave_s13]

Cheers. Looks like it isn't worth more than £100 after a bit of research. Would've been fine if actually needed a cheap TV I suppose.

[Patch1875]

Still amazing pictures, I'm still running my 435 can't bring myself to part with it.