Dave Gray
Established Member
Had a good look at one of these babies at the Bristol show on Friday afternoon with a view to upgrading my 42" Panny PWD4.
"Come on babe, let's go see the new 50" plasma we want to buy." I say.
"It better be bloody good for over £3000" she replies.
"It's the ultimate babe, all the magazines rave about it...it'll blow mine away for quality and impact! We need it for Sky Hi Def" I reply.
It looked absolutely stunning with the Pioneer Hi Def clips, one of the best pictures I've seen on a plasma. However...
Batman Begins on DVD looked awful, very grainy and blocky, picture definition looked soft. I think it was being fed by a Pioneer DV939AVi (at least that was closest to it!!!) which is an upscaling player of the highest order I think. Now Batman Begins looks stunning on my current screen and shows none of the artefacts that I saw on the 506XDE. I could'nt get to talk to any of the Pioneer reps (too busy) and my missus then had other ideas and drags me away.
"Sky Hi Def looks rubbish (thanks a lot Sky sales prevention team by the main entrance ) so were not having that now" she says,
"Sod your new plasma keep your old one, we're going on a proper holiday instead, and I want a new cooker!"
Now I know my non HD PWD4 is awesome with SD stuff (Sky,DVD etc..) but is it possible to get a 50" that is excellent with HD and SD? Or am i just being too fussy?
Did anybody else see the 506XDE at the show running DVD? Can anyone with a 506XDE tell me how their screens are with DVD?
Please help...I don't want the holiday and the current cookers fine...I want AV Nirvana instead!!!
"Come on babe, let's go see the new 50" plasma we want to buy." I say.
"It better be bloody good for over £3000" she replies.
"It's the ultimate babe, all the magazines rave about it...it'll blow mine away for quality and impact! We need it for Sky Hi Def" I reply.
It looked absolutely stunning with the Pioneer Hi Def clips, one of the best pictures I've seen on a plasma. However...
Batman Begins on DVD looked awful, very grainy and blocky, picture definition looked soft. I think it was being fed by a Pioneer DV939AVi (at least that was closest to it!!!) which is an upscaling player of the highest order I think. Now Batman Begins looks stunning on my current screen and shows none of the artefacts that I saw on the 506XDE. I could'nt get to talk to any of the Pioneer reps (too busy) and my missus then had other ideas and drags me away.
"Sky Hi Def looks rubbish (thanks a lot Sky sales prevention team by the main entrance ) so were not having that now" she says,
"Sod your new plasma keep your old one, we're going on a proper holiday instead, and I want a new cooker!"
Now I know my non HD PWD4 is awesome with SD stuff (Sky,DVD etc..) but is it possible to get a 50" that is excellent with HD and SD? Or am i just being too fussy?
Did anybody else see the 506XDE at the show running DVD? Can anyone with a 506XDE tell me how their screens are with DVD?
Please help...I don't want the holiday and the current cookers fine...I want AV Nirvana instead!!!