Pioneer Kuro 9G

PDP-5020FD, PDP-6020FD, PRO-111FD, and PRO-151FD

Friday, December 9, 2011

Kuro beats Sharp Elite PRO-X5FD

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The Sharp Elite is an LED backlit LCD panel available in both 60" (PRO-60X5FD) and 70" (PRO-70X5FD) sizes. The Sharp Elite is THX ...
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Will the Kuro be dethroned in 2011?

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Three years later the Kuro 9G is still the HDTV king of picture quality and black level. In the fast moving world of consumer electronics ho...
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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Kuro beats Panasonic G20/25

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It has been a sad 15 months since Pioneer canceled the Kuro 10G and said it was leaving the plasma TV market. Well, technology keeps marchin...
Thursday, February 5, 2009

Firmware Update 0904-0401

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I just received an email from Pioneer about a firmware update that fixes a number of software bugs. The new firmware is downloaded and copi...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

PDP-6020FD power consumption

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The energy consumption of a Pioneer PDP-6020FD was measured using a Kill-A-Watt power meter . The 6020 is a 60" plasma display. The f...
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Sunday, December 14, 2008

5020 and 6020 have a 3D Y/C comb filter

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A Y/C comb filter separates the luma (Y) and the chroma (C) signals from a composite source such as laser disc or an OTA NTSC broadcast. Di...
Sunday, December 7, 2008

is a source running at 24 fps?

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The PureCinema film mode can reverse telecine 24 fps (frame per second) film material and display it at a native 72 Hz. A Blu-ray player c...
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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

PDP-5020FD vs. PRO-111FD

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The Pioneer Kuro PDP-5020FD and PRO-111FD are 50" versions of the 60" PDP-6020FD and PRO-151FD plasma displays. The 50" Kuro...
Monday, December 1, 2008

Firmware Version

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Below are the software firmware and hardware version numbers from a July 2008 build PDP-6020FD: Software Version: 0901-0201 Hardware Version...
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

PureCinema film mode

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The Pioneer Kuro has a special film mode feature called PureCinema that engages a couple different 24 fps (frames per second) processing al...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

runs Linux software inside

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The Kuro 9G operating instructions manual has a licensing appendix section that lists the names and licensing restrictions of the open sourc...
Monday, November 3, 2008

KRL-37V LCD

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Pioneer releases it's first Kuro LCD in Europe. This LCD may be available next year in North America. The bulk of this 37" 1920x1...
Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Beige Grisé and White Kuro available in Europe

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For those wishing to harmonize their TV with their interior design, a limited edition run of luxurious Beige Grisé and minimalist White (Shi...
Sunday, October 26, 2008

Picture In Picture (PIP) inputs

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The Pioneer Kuro 9G series has one built-in tuner so only one live channel (ATSC/QAM/analog) can be viewed at once. This is unfortunate and...
Tuesday, October 21, 2008

is a source 720p or 1080i?

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With a Kuro 9G how can you tell if a source is broadcasting at 720p or 1080i? Unlike most other HDTV's the Kuro's "display...
Friday, October 17, 2008

Made in the U.S.A.

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I was surprised when I looked at the label on the back of a Pioneer Kuro PDP-6020FD and saw: "Assembled in U.S.A with U.S.A and importe...
Wednesday, October 15, 2008

5020/6020 Color Temperature

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List of the color temperatures for the different AV modes of the Pioneer Kuro PDP-5020FD and PDP-6020FD models: AV modes Optimum 7500K but...
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Monday, October 13, 2008

PDP-6020FD vs. PRO-151FD

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How do the Pioneer PDP-6020FD and the Elite PRO-151FD differ? Both are 60" second generation Kuro 1920x1080p plasma HDTVs. They use ...
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Saturday, October 11, 2008

Blackerness

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"Pioneer pushes ever closer to their goal of absolute black by further reducing the idle luminance and improving black levels five time...
Friday, October 10, 2008

vs. Kuro 8G improvements

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The 2008 second generation Kuro plasma HDTV (9G panel) is an amazingly beautiful sight to behold. It is an incremental improvement over the...
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