Long-term test: In love with Pioneer Kuro Editors' note:The UK-centric Pioneer PDP-LX5090 is the equivalent of Asia's PDP-LX508G used as our reference plasma TV.Like your nearest and dearest, living with a product for several months does one thing very well, and that's highlight any problems between the two of you. Are there any chinks in the 5090's armor? No. Honestly, no. There's nothing significant about this TV that's given me cause for concern. Sure, I'd sleep better at night if it used a little less electricity, but it's not impractically hungry, by any stretch of the imagination. Okay, okay, there's one little thing. The only minor irritation is the idiotic input system. On most TVs, the video inputs are managed from a single button that cycles through its connections. The Pioneer does it slightly differently, in that it maps the inputs to a series of specific buttons on the remote. In theory, that's much better, because I know which button to push to get the input I want. The problem is the TV has more inputs than buttons. And that means if you plug something into every input, you have to fiddle around in a menu before you can see a picture. It's worth pointing out that Pioneer changed this system on the KRP range, so if this sounds like it might be a problem for you--if, like us, you have a ludicrous number of devices to hook up to it--go with one of those instead. Even that doesn't really bother me on a day-to-day basis. In the early days, my fiancée occasionally moaned about it being rather too large at 50 inches (stop sniggering at the back), but soon got over that when we rearranged the lounge to sit further away. Now I think she secretly loves it nearly as much as I do. Tags: TV, U.K., Plasma TV, video, Asia |
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