Price Paid:  $5000.00 from crazy eddie

Summary:
I have to sell a pioneer pro-610. I am looking for about $4000 but I will take best offer. I am in staten island, New York. It is about 3 months old. Call me at 212-278-7634 or email me at joecus@si.rr.com

Price Paid:  $2700.00 from onecall.com

Summary:
I bought this set after doing 3 months of research. Iread the reviews from this site and from a couple of Home Theater magazines, then I went to my local Home Theater specialists and looked at every HDTV I could. At a couple of them they had three sets next to each other so you could compare properly. I got to see the Panasonic, the Pioneer and Mitsubishi sets side by side displaying the same source material. Initially the Pioneer seemed to be marginally better than the Panasonic, with the Mitsubish not in the same league! But as I watched various DVD's I noticed that the Panasonic seemd to be better focused at the edges. All of the sets had been ISF'ed so I assumed that all were set at their optimum. When I started watching High Def, the Panasonic had a clear edge in every area except maybe in color. I came back three or four times to watch the sets again to make sure that I got used to the WOW factor of the whole experience. After spending a total of about 6 or 7 hours comparing the sets, I decided that the panasonic was better focused, had more modes (4801, 480p, 720p, 1080i) was better value and I came to like the color balance better than the Pioneer. After spending a month or so with the set ( I have a Toshiba DST-3000 HD receiver and also an Iscan-pro ) I can say that it is amazing. Everyone I show the HD broadcast of HBO to literally is speechless, The Sopranos in Hi-Def is astonishingly good. The combination of the Iscan pro and my DVD player produces an output that is superb and utterly without artifacts of any kind, no jaggie, pixelation or any other kind of video noise. It is a significant improvement over the internal scaler/doubler. I am about to have the set ISF'ed and expect more improvement. I highly recommend this set to anyone who wants the best quality picture at a great price. If you want one, I paid $2,783.00 from onecall.com, ask for Larry, he was great.

Weaknesses:
Video switching speed

Similar Products Used:
Pioneer Elite 510HD, various Mitsubishi and Toshiba

Price Paid:  $1900.00

Summary:
Great TV. Bought last model that Ultimate Electronic's had in stock. Was supposed to be a floor model but was still in-box. Just as new. Great picture. Wonderful TV. Price...well, that's completely unbeatable and I knew that, so I took it. I never had any intention of buying a bigscreen HDTV. Then I ran into an old friend who sells electronics and he talked me into taking this set from him. Absolutely one of the best decisions that I have made, even though I didn't necessarily have the money.

Strengths:
Great picture, Progressive DVD blows your mind, nice finish, good sound, (Great with 5.1).

Weaknesses:
Remote, owner's manual, ease of calibration.

Similar Products Used:
Mitsubishi WT46807, Sharp 3176, Sony KV-36XBR400, RCA MM36110, RCA MM32110.

Summary:
Follow-up to my previous review. I have now had the set for over 8 months. Using the viewer's menu control I just couldn't get the converence just right. No one else but me noticed anything but I wanted it to be perfect. I called Panasonic's 800 number for service and they had a technician in my home in 48 hours. Not bad if you ask me. He went "into" my T.V. and tweaked the converence and now the set looks better than ever. The service call was covered under my warranty so there was no charge. I noticed some other reviewers having trouble with service but in my case I give the Panasonic service department 5 stars. I'm still extremely pleased with this set. I can't say enough about the picture quality with a progressive scan DVD player. I highly recommend one with any HDTV ready T.V.

Strengths:
Great picture, native 720p support

Weaknesses:
Slow input switching, limited user menu convergence control

Price Paid:  $3000.00 from Best Buy

Summary:
Had this TV for about 5 months now. First I had my DVD using S-Video. Looks great, but now on a big screen I can notice some pixelation. So I switched to component video. Oh man, what a difference. Super crisp... so crisp I noticed the interlaced effect. Maybe it was just me and my eyes. But watching Braveheart the people in the background looked like a jpeg picture in the fight scenes. But I dealt with it, until I read on this board about the Pioneer D434. I bought it and tried it out. After reading reviews on the player in the other boards, I have to say.... it does not do the TV any justice. The colors are more vibrant, but the picture seemed anti-aliased. Kinda like S-video, but better. I spent about an hour switching from my Sony DVD player's component video to my playstation 2's S-video. I have to say, I had to try really hard to like the Pioneer system. But I couldn't. The reviews are correct. You get what you pay for... a cheap (even cheap looking) progressive scan dvd player. It does look alot better than my playstation 2 dvd capabilities (S-video). But as a conclusion, I'm going to move up to either the Toshiba or the JVC DVD player. Otherwise, I have no gripes about this TV except for the ones already discussed on this board. I do want to add to the comments that I love how thin the TV is. I mean, it's about 2 1/2 feet in depth. Not bad, fits perfectly.

Strengths:
Great Picture for the Price

Weaknesses:
Slow video source switching, ugly remote, and the clear picture makes me realize I need aprogressive scan dVD player ;)

Similar Products Used:
none, except using Sony D500 dvd player and Playerstation 2