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Old 08-04-2011, 01:27 PM
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Sharp and Pioneer resurrect Elite with line of LED LCD TVs, pricing starts at $6,000.

Looks promising! But I thought Panasonic had bought the rights?
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Old 08-04-2011, 01:31 PM
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I'm still enjoying the heck out of my Pio Kuro Elite! I'm amazed and blown away each and every time I watch it.

Somehow I still don't believe these new versions will match it.
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Old 08-04-2011, 01:34 PM
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I'm still enjoying the heck out of my Pio Kuro Elite! I'm amazed and blown away each and every time I watch it.

Somehow I still don't believe these new versions will match it.
I completely agree. I love my Plasma Elite! It is 4 years old and still nothing looks better that I have seen.

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Old 08-04-2011, 01:37 PM
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I completely agree. I love my Plasma Elite! It is 4 years old and still nothing looks better that I have seen.

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Nope. Nothing! I have since purchased many more flat panels that were not exactly cheap simply because I couldn't find any more Elite Plasmas and I sure hope my Kuro Elite Plasma keeps going because if it ever dies, I will cry!
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Old 08-04-2011, 01:43 PM
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In my current space I don't think I'd have room for the larger size, even if I were in the market. I've had a Kuro Elite 111FD for almost 3 years and am pleased with it. Plus, it has excellent sound for a TV, an important feature to me. I don't want to have to fire up the whole rig just to catch a weather forecast.
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Old 08-04-2011, 04:17 PM
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The 70" is 8.5k in the US, so it'll be between 9.5K and 10K in Canada. Way too much!
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Old 08-04-2011, 04:21 PM
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Good luck with those price points for LCD.
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Old 08-04-2011, 04:39 PM
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Sorry, but I replaced a Pioneer Elite with one of the new Panasonic's. I prefer the color and detail of the newer unit.
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Old 08-04-2011, 04:40 PM
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Sharp and Pioneer resurrect Elite with line of LED LCD TVs, pricing starts at $6,000.

Looks promising! But I thought Panasonic had bought the rights?
I must respectfully disagree about potential quality since Sharp's technology is involved -- I will predict that these new "Pioneer" HDTV's will compete quality-wise with Vizio (thought I read somewhere that price-wise they were going to compete with Vizio too).

IMHO, Pioneer dropped the ball when they got out of video and suspect that their new products will NEVER come close to the Kuro. From everything I have read (have never actually seen one in any area stores), the Panasonic VT30 plasma line might very well be a match for the Kuro.

I will predict that after a year, many of us will look back and confidently say that Pioneer video is a shadow of its former self.

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Old 08-04-2011, 07:59 PM
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Sorry, but I replaced a Pioneer Elite with one of the new Panasonic's. I prefer the color and detail of the newer unit.
Do you have any concern about the reports of rising black levels? I don't know about the 2011 models, but the issue doesn't seem to have gone away. Is yours a 2011?
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