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Pioneer PDP-5050HD
Created: 05/31/2006
Video description: This 50-inch plasma offers classy styling and an impressive feature set, although its picture falls a bit short of reference quality.

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Pioneer PDP-5050HD Review

Editors' rating

The good: Highly accurate out-of-the-box picture; solid color decoding, video processing includes 2:3 pull-down; stylish look; extensive picture customizations; numerous inputs including two HDMI and three component-video.

The bad: Relatively expensive; subpar black-level performance; processing for elimination of judder doesn't work well.

The bottom line: This 50-inch plasma offers classy styling and an impressive feature set, although its picture falls a bit short of reference quality.

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Pioneer PDP-5050HD Specs

Manufacturer: Pioneer North America
Part number: PDP-5050HD

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