Strengths:Best picture quality. Black levels and contrast. Connectivity.
Weaknesses:Sensitivity of remote.
Posted Mar 14, 2008 - The Pioneer PDP-6010FD is one of the most amazing flat panel TVs available. The only worthy comparisons are other Pioneer Kuro TVs. I would recommend purchasing one of these to anyone in the market for a flat panel TV.
The most important feature in a TV is picture quality. This is where the Pioneer excels. The contrast is the best available in a flat panel TV. When comparing this TV next to others, black images appear grey on the other TVs compared to the darkness of this set. Although the settings out of the box were not bad, the picture looks better after calibrating it. The colors look natural when properly adjusted. Viewing Blu-ray movies on the TV allows it show off the amazing picture. High definition content in general looks very good on the TV. Standard content, while no comparison to HD, looks good if you have a good source. Grainy videos look even worse when blown up on this TV. The picture looks good from any angle.
The tuner works well and was able to pull in all the HD channels I expected to get. The built in TV Guide is a nice bonus, if you do not have satellite. Picture in Picture cannot pull both signals from the antenna input, limiting its usefulness. While the screen modes work for most cases, there is no way to zoom picture when a digital signal sends 16x9 image in a 4x3 box. The full or stretch mode works well but I prefer keeping the normal aspect ratio. The remote sometimes has to be pointed directly at the sensor for it to pickup commands. This is even more of a problem when using universal remotes.
The Pioneer PDP-6010FD makes TV viewing better. HD looks even greater on this TV. I would recommend this TV to anyone in the market or as an upgrade to older HDTVs.
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