Pioneer Elite KURO PRO-111FD

Following technological trends and reduce production costs in the implementation of LCD panels, many companies including efforts orientated to the liquid crystal TVs. All this comes at the expense of the apparent advantages of plasma technology. But there is one company that didn't give in to the market of LCD invasion. Taking toward perfection, continued to develop plasma standards and setting new records in the parameters. Pioneer may not have any LCD TV in its range but has a whole dozen plasma panels, for each of which must be said "best in the world" in a specific category.


Discover a flat panel so revolutionary, so pure, so powerful, TV will never look the same. Experience seeing and listening like never earlier with the new Pioneer Elite® KUROTM PRO-111FD. Experience high-definition in the most accomplished, elaborate form available nowadays, on this impressive 1080p Elite Flat Panel Television. The next generation in flat-panel televisions has arrived. Constructed with the highest resolution (1920 x 1080p), the new Elite KURO PRO-111FD provides an entertainment experience of unequaled measure. Having even more powerful, industry superior black levels than its predecessor, the new KURO exceeds anything previously thought achievable with a five times improvement in black degree performance. The modern Elite Kuro PRO-111FD provides added depth and dimension, deeper colors and more pure detail to everything you see, hear and feel. Masterminded for the highest experience in sight and audio, this revolutionist new flat panel harnesses technology planned to achieve flawlessness. Our destination, to provide an matchless HD experience that exceeds the criteria of perfection no matter what you watch. With the brains of an all-new Optimum Mode setting, this incredibly intelligent television can seamlessly monitor content and room light conditions, including color temperature, all the while analyzing and finely adjusting both audio and video settings for an incomparable experience. Suddenly, sports, movies and news appear different, more real, more authentic, just as they were intended and in the most faithful and pure way, never earlier seen and right in the comfort your own home. The Elite Kuro PRO-111FD is a dreaming come true. For our most apprehensive entertainment connoisseurs, the Elite Kuro PRO-111FD is equipped to go beyond the basic set of audio and video settings. Additional flexibility and distinct user settings can be delicately tuned and set using the ISFcccTM calibration feature for both day and night watching.

The good:
* The Pioneer PRO-111FD has a superb anti-reflective screen, which is not affected by temperature change.
* The TV has extensive picture control options, and delivers excellent out-of-the-box image.
* It has the best deep black levels than its previous model, and maintains good light output which produces outstanding contrast.
* The recent model of Pioneer PRO-111FD offers better image processing technology providing immaculate HD and SD images.
* The TV offers settings to reduce film judder in 1080p/24 Blu-ray content, in which the setting could be set to ‘advance’ 72fps, providing natural movement. On the other hand when this is set to ’smooth’, it provides video-like motion.
* The TV has extensive picture controls and superb connectivity, and includes 4 HDMI and one PC input.


The bad:
* Not cheap

The bottom line: The Pioneer Elite PRO-111FD represents the pinnacle of flat-panel HDTV picture quality.

You can make a Best Buy here Pioneer Elite PRO-11FD


‘KURO’ means black in Japanese.

But not just any black. Perfect black.
And in the television world, black is everything. Black encompasses the entire spectrum of colour. The deepest black levels produce the purest colours and the sharpest details.
Achieving the blackest blacks imaginable and building a screen that produces the absolute best picture quality in the world was the inspiration and driving force behind our newest flat screen TV.
KURO lets you see literally every shade between black and white; the most vivid and flawless colours.

KURO is simply a television that will let you see and hear like never before.


Conclusion:
From Pioneer would never afford to put on the market worse than "outstanding." Especially when they are sole rulers of the territory in the high segment. PRO-111FD is unique both in parameters and possibilities, as at any time and viewing position the picture remains sharp and brilliant. Viewing it from a proper distance the viewer falls in the abyss of deep black KURO.


Specifications:

* Product type: 50” plasma TV
* Combined with: Built-in network media player
* Dimensions with stand and speakers: 56.7” x 3.7” x 28.5”
* Weight: 88 lbs
* Display size diagonal: 50” widescreen
* Technology: Plasma PDP
* Resolution: 1920×1080
* Display format: 1080p Full HD
* Image aspect ratio: 16:9
* Progressive scanning (line doubling)
* Widescreen modes: Full, Wide, Zoom, Cinema, Conventional 4:3
* Display menu languages: English, Spanish, French
* Comb filter: 3D digital
* Color temperature control: Yes (High/Mid-High/Mid/Mid-Low/Low)
* Picture adjustment: Optimum / Dynamic / Standard / PURE / Movie / Game / User / ISF-Day / ISF-Night
* Additional features: V-Chip , Channel labeling , Parental control , Anti-glare filter , Video noise reduction , Anti-reflective filter , Room light sensor (RLS) , 3:2 pull down compensation , 3:3 pull down compensation , Color Transient Improvement (CTI) , Digital MPEG Noise Reduction Circuit
* Multi channel preview: Picture-in-picture (PIP) , Picture-side-picture (PSP)
* Digital TV tuner: ATSC
* HDTV ready, Parental channel lock
* Input video formats: 480i , 480p , 720p , 1080i , 1080p
* Backlit remote control
* Sound output mode: Stereo
* Sound effects: SRS WOW , TruBass , SRS Focus
* Audio controls: Balance , Bass , Treble
* Two speakers included
* Multimedia functionality: Digital audio playback , Digital photo playback , Digital video playback
* Supported audio formats: AAC , AC3 , MP3 , PCM , WAV , WMA
* Supported video formats: WMV , MPEG-1 , MPEG-2
* Supported picture formats: BMP , GIF , JPG , PNG , TIFF
* Connections: 4 x HDMI input, 2 x Component video input, 3 x Composite video/audio input, 1 x S-Video input, 1 x USB, 1 x VGA input, 1 x Network, 1 x Digital audio output, 1 x Headphones, 1 x Subwoofer output, 1 x Audio line-out, 1 x Audio line-out