Pioneer PDP-LX508D/LX608D

There's no getting round the fact that the PDP-LX508D is seriously expensive by today's 50in TV standards. The single biggest issue I have with the screen is the fact that, awesome though it is, I'm not sure many people will easily be able to justify...

Magnificent pictures ; Stunning to look at ; Wealth of features ; Beautifully made

Expensive

The greatest 50in TV pictures ever are here, if you can afford them

HD picture quality ; Excellent connectivity ; Outstanding 1080/24p compatibility

Picture not the brightest ; Price may put some buyers off

It doesn't come cheap, but the LX608D is so good in so many ways that we have no choice but to give it a whole-hearted five stars

Expensive but extraordinary. If God watches the telly, he does it on one of these

Expensive but extraordinary. If God watches the telly, he does it on one of these

The combined technological prowess of the globe couldn’t make a better television than this. Buy it, polish it and pamper it, but desecrate it with an episode of Holby City and we’ll be around with baseball bats. Pioneer PDP-LX508D Kuro is tagged with...

Nighttime scenes are rendered in pitch-blackness - an almost perfect black., Incredible color neutrality without a lot of tweaking., Judder-free and full resolution HDTV playback

Somewhat feeble presentation of bright scenes: limited brightness in daylight viewing., If the content cannot be displayed in widescreen, gray bars to the left and right of the picture distract from the main picture

Pioneer have created a gargantuan screen at a gargantuan price with gargantuan performance. This is the best 60in screen money can buy, and one of the best TV's of any size, at a price ...

Almost all elements of picture quality including blacks, contrast ratio ; colour, video processing, motion handling, etc

Plasma buzzing (may be specific to our sample) ; Price

Put simply, no other flat screen television – plasma or LCD – I have seen in 2007 delivered as good a picture quality as Pioneer PDP-LX508D.

Pioneer have created nothing less than the best TV money can buy, but at a price.