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What is the top performing Plasma? Print E-mail
Written by Kevin Miller   
Sunday, 07 December 2008
As of this writing the Pioneer Elite Kuro plasma panels are hands down the best plasmas money can buy from a picture quality/performance perspective. pioneer pro-111fd.jpgModels include the Pro-111FD, Pro-151FD, Pro-101FD, and Pro-141FD. The Pro-101 and Pro-141 are monitors only with some additional features, and some additional setup parameters over the regular Elite Pro-111 and Pro-151. These panels have the best black level performance, measuring as low as .001 with a Minolta CS110 Light Meter, which is the limit of the instrument (HDTV Shootout Video). Overall color fidelity is also superior to any other flat panel on the market whether plasma or LCD. Color decoding is accurate, gamma is smooth and accurate, the grayscale is reasonably close (still minus blue and plus red) out of the box compared to other panels, and the primary and secondary colors are quite close to the ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee) specifications when you follow the recommended settings from TweakTV.

Of course, professional calibration will put the icing on the cake with these panels by fine tuning all of these parameters to near perfection. Pioneer Elite panels were also the first to incorporate ISF ccc. ISF ccc software implementation gives the professional calibrator the ability to create two new A/V selections or Picture Modes, ISF Day and ISF Night, for every input being used on the TV. These modes are then locked so that no one can change the calibrated settings. This has some distinct advantages.  The most obvious is the locking feature so that young children, or anyone for that matter, cannot inadvertently change the calibrated settings. Also, since ISF ccc implements additional new Picture Modes, this means you can still use all the other A/V selections, like Pure and Standard for example, with your own settings, and always revert back to a locked calibrated mode whenever you wish.  

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Kel   | 69.18.47.75 | 2008-12-11 15:31:10
how does the 5020 & 6020 fair in comparison to the elites?
gerianne - You're right on the money, Ke   | 67.87.105.201 | 2008-12-13 05:48:17
I bought a Pro-111FD in the beginning of November after being somewhat dissatisfied with the performance of my first flat panel TV, an LCD I bought this past August.

Trying to find some answers to my LCD dilemma, I arrived at TweakTV.com and I watched Kevin's HDTV Shootout: Panasonic, Samsung, Pioneer, Toshiba, and LG at ValueElectronics. I began looking into the Pioneer Kuro Elite line of flat panels after hearing Kevin's glowing remarks about these TVs.

I am absolutely fascinated, amazed, and mesmerized by the picture on this Elite Plasma. The picture was beautiful from the first time I turned the TV on, but after Kevin calibrated it for me, well - perfection! (See my post in the Calibration section of this forum regarding what I consider the 'magic' of professional calibration.)

I can't say enough about this top-notch Pioneer Kuro Elite. It is pure bliss NEVER to wonder anymore if I'm seeing what I'm supposed to be seeing when I'm watching this TV. Isn't that what it's really all about?

Special thanks to TweakTV and to Kevin for pointing me in the right direction!
Kevin Miller   | Super Administrator | 2008-12-14 08:33:41
Hi Guys,

Thanks for the kind words. To answer the original question the big difference between the the Non Elite 20 series and the Elites is Color accuracy, and the ability to fine tune that in the calibration process. The Elites Color space, or the accuracy of the Primary and Secondary colors, and the Elite's also have ISF ccc, which allows us to create two new Picture Modes, ISF Day and ISF Night, for each input. They also are locked so your calibration is protected that way.
DTAustin47 - LG LCD   | 74.69.11.121 | 2009-01-10 10:15:27
The LG 70 SERIES AND 60 SERIES lcds also have the ISF CCC modes. I have seen these sets ISF calibrated and not calibrated and WOW these tvs are something special. I was curious what others might say about a value based Lcd for $1500 like these sets that have those type of calibration settings
Kevin Miller   | Super Administrator | 2009-02-24 19:43:33
Hi

The ISF ccc doesn't mean that the set will calibrate well like the Pioneer Elites. In fact, the LGs are very problematic especially with the CMS (Color Management System), which doesn't work well at all.
Airgon74   | 159.123.254.1 | 2009-05-01 12:19:34
Hey Kevin,

I've seen in other forums that ISF(auto) has been calibrated as well.
Is this something that you do as well and what are the advantages of that.
Kevin Miller   | Super Administrator | 2009-05-02 09:37:02
HI,

Actually I do not do that as it involves the auto light sensing feature, which essentially turns your black and white level into moving targets. For serious viewing there is no advantage to it at all. It is a gimmicky feature.
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