Hi, I'd like to know what choice you experts think I should make. I'm going to get a 50" plasma and I've narrowed it down to two so far. One is the Pioneer KRP-500A and the other is the Panasonic TX-P50V10. I'm wondering if the Pioneer will still show some motion blurring, especially during football (where the grass goes out of focus during camera panning). I'm going to record some HD football this week and see if it's noticeable on my mate's LX5090. If it doesn't, i think I'll go for the KRP, otherwise, I'll be waiting for the Panny (and hoping the motion blurring isn't there). It might seem like I'm overreacting, but I really seem to notice this blurring, even if some people don't, so I don't want to spend this sort of cash and have a problem watching the footy (although I realise I'm doomed if these TVs show it, because there'll be no other option). Please let me have your thoughts; I've seen some really knowledgeable comments on these forums, and some of you have the KRP, too.
I've recently bought the Pioneer LX5090 with a Humax PVR freesat box so I can watch footie in HD.
The results I get are mixed...
If the camera isn't panning then the image quality is excellent. The shots of the crowd and the stadium are fabulous.
But... if the camera pans quickly then it all turns bad
eg if the camera pans quicker than the players (after a goal kick) then all the players get smudged as do the advertising boards and the pitch.
Also, on medium pans, the pitch loses detail and ends up looking like mushy peas until the camera stops and then the pitch detail reappears and you get to see lots of detail in the grass.
It's so bad you can't sit close to the TV so I end up watching at the same distance as SDTV to minimise the irritatinig motion blur.
I've tried all the menu options to reduce this and none of them improve it (some make it judder badly)
It may be a limitation of the frame rate and also digital TV in general (compression/de-interlacing/bandwidth) but I'm less than impressed with the overall system.
However, if it turns out to be the Pioneer LX5090 that is the weak link then it will get binned pronto in favour of whatever TV can cope best with watching footie on HDTV.
I doubt the KRP500A will be any different in this respect as the research I did revealed it's the same panel with similar processing hardware.
It may be that I am one of the unlucky ones that is susceptible to motion distortion on digital TV because watching footie on an old Sony CRT in PAL gives much more lifelike motion for me...
PS. wish my team luck tonight!