Comments on: New Pioneer TVs, Components Go High End http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/new-pioneer-tvs-components-go-high-end/ Upgrade Your Lifestyle Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:06:50 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Damien Buckley http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/new-pioneer-tvs-components-go-high-end/#comment-54520 Damien Buckley Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:31:29 +0000 #comment-54520 Seconded - I've just had my KRP-600M replaced (the 60" Pro monitor in the US) for exactly the same problem. Loud buzzing right from the panel. Seems the 'no compromise on quality' is marketing noise only. The replacement is much quieter than the first but still audible and not acceptable - particularly for this value set. Not good enough Pioneer. Seconded – I've just had my KRP-600M replaced (the 60″ Pro monitor in the US) for exactly the same problem. Loud buzzing right from the panel. Seems the 'no compromise on quality' is marketing noise only. The replacement is much quieter than the first but still audible and not acceptable – particularly for this value set. Not good enough Pioneer.

]]> By: Paul Madland http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/new-pioneer-tvs-components-go-high-end/#comment-54521 Paul Madland Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:26:23 +0000 #comment-54521 I had to send back a Pioneer Elite PRO-110FD. It is a 50” 1080p plasma HDTV with far and away the best picture I have ever seen. The problem is that there is a buzz whenever the TV is on that totally ruins the theater experience. The buzz seems to be coming from the back of the TV as well as the screen. The buzz is especially bad at exactly the best viewing position, right in front of the set at about 10 to 12 feet away. I am guessing the entire screen emits the noise and it is all in phase and therefore the loudest in a line directly perpendicular to the screen surface. There is also a wall behind the TV that may be amplifying the sound somewhat. It is especially noticeable because the buzz is not constant but changes volume and pitch with picture changes. A nice quiet scene in a movie when the screen is dark showing off the wonderful blacks of the TV is destroyed by the buzzing sound. This set is fine for a sports bar where there is noise, or watching sports where there is crowd noise all the time but does not work in a quiet room for watching anything with subtle sound. The dealer and I also listened to a number of other Pioneer Elite’s and that all have the buzz to some extent. A much as I hate it I am resorting to buying an LCD VT. By the way, the media player is not really usable for displaying photos because it is so slow to render photos whether it through its USB port or the network media interface. Photos can take 5 to 15 seconds to switch even when the slide show is set at 3 seconds. I would connect a PC with an HDMI interface to do this rather than use built in photo viewer.<br /> <br /> The picture is wonderful. It really is too bad about the buzz. I had to send back a Pioneer Elite PRO-110FD. It is a 50” 1080p plasma HDTV with far and away the best picture I have ever seen. The problem is that there is a buzz whenever the TV is on that totally ruins the theater experience. The buzz seems to be coming from the back of the TV as well as the screen. The buzz is especially bad at exactly the best viewing position, right in front of the set at about 10 to 12 feet away. I am guessing the entire screen emits the noise and it is all in phase and therefore the loudest in a line directly perpendicular to the screen surface. There is also a wall behind the TV that may be amplifying the sound somewhat. It is especially noticeable because the buzz is not constant but changes volume and pitch with picture changes. A nice quiet scene in a movie when the screen is dark showing off the wonderful blacks of the TV is destroyed by the buzzing sound. This set is fine for a sports bar where there is noise, or watching sports where there is crowd noise all the time but does not work in a quiet room for watching anything with subtle sound. The dealer and I also listened to a number of other Pioneer Elite’s and that all have the buzz to some extent. A much as I hate it I am resorting to buying an LCD VT. By the way, the media player is not really usable for displaying photos because it is so slow to render photos whether it through its USB port or the network media interface. Photos can take 5 to 15 seconds to switch even when the slide show is set at 3 seconds. I would connect a PC with an HDMI interface to do this rather than use built in photo viewer.

The picture is wonderful. It really is too bad about the buzz.

]]> By: bryan catmull http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/new-pioneer-tvs-components-go-high-end/#comment-54519 bryan catmull Mon, 14 May 2007 20:54:14 +0000 #comment-54519 my chief concern with plasma, is the power<br /> consumption and the heat generated, with LCD<br /> developement re contrast ratio, getting closer<br /> and closer to plasma, plus the brighter picture<br /> for more impact, where is the advantage for me in spending big bucks on a technology thats<br /> being deserted by more and more manufacturers<br /> my chief concern with plasma, is the power
consumption and the heat generated, with LCD
developement re contrast ratio, getting closer
and closer to plasma, plus the brighter picture
for more impact, where is the advantage for me in spending big bucks on a technology thats
being deserted by more and more manufacturers

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