FLAT-TV: Denne TVen takler ekte HDTV og er utstyrt med HDMI-tilkopling. Flere eksperter har allerede skrytt den opp i skyene. Vi har testet Pioneers nye 50-tommer daglig i over to uker. Nå har dommen falt.

"En portant sa nouvelle dalle Wide XGA aux nues, Pioneer a conçu un écran vidéo/data de très haut niveau, dont nous avons en prime apprécié le concept incluant un boîtier multimedia ingénieux et indispensable. Le modèle testé oeut, à la fois satisfaire le secteur professionel, et une partie du grand public aisé. Il s'agit là d'un coup de coeur de la rédation."

The chief highlight is the simple naturalism of the picture. Pioneer has done a simply awesome job of disposing of plasma nasties like grey dot crawl, colour banding and motion buzzing, leaving you with a fabulously direct experience.
Colours are vibrant and well saturated too - albeit with slightly soft edges - and fine detail levels are first rate. As for the contrast, that facility to deliver 1024 scales of grey really does compensate majestically for the slight shortage of actual black level response. Interestingly the Pioneer arguably reveals more detail and depth in dark areas than other screens that simply paint dark areas blacker.
Amazingly, the above prowess was recorded just with tuner footage and RGB Scart feeds. Stepping up to progressive scan DVD improves things – but since the 504HDE's own onboard progressive processing is so damn good with non-progressive sources, the improvement is marginal.