Pioneer KRP500 Plasma HD TV

Pioneer is definitely not an unknown in the high-definition television market. Their Pioneer KRP500 produces a spectacularly brilliant, detailed high definition 1080p video image that is hard not to recognize. Not only is this KURO plasma monitor constructed of hand-selected and hand-inspected components, but it is designed with a variety of features that allow the image you enjoy to be customized to your preferences.

Thirteen-position aspect-ratio control, six picture-detail settings, and five color-detail settings allow you a broad degree of control in setting picture preferences. Further, eight A/V memory modes let you set and save different setting preferences for different types of video content, including film, sports, and games.

When it comes to creating a seamless home theater system, there’s a one word solution for all component integration—connectivity. The more versatile and advanced the connectivity options offered by any given component, the easier it is to integrate that component into your existing system.

Following this maxim to the last letter, the Pioneer KRP500 offers a wide range of audio and video connections. First, two HDMI inputs offer the most advanced, single-cable audio/video connection available. Second, one DVI input with HDCP serves up additional HD connectivity. Third, one composite video input offers a versatile analog connection. Finally, expanding the KRP500’s capabilities beyond traditional video sources, a PC input gives you the ability to hook this LCD panel up to a computer or laptop source for viewing internet-streamed video content.

Bringing you the absolute best in connectivity, Pioneer’s KRP500 features two HDMI connections.

HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) is the only interface in consumer electronics that can carry both uncompressed high definition (HD) video and uncompressed multi-channel audio in all HD formats including 720p, 1080i, and even 1080p. Your incoming media content comes in a variety of sizes, resolutions and formats, and with that in mind, HDMI systems automatically configure to display that content in the most effective format.

Since HDMI carries all channels on video and audio, there is only one cable to plug into any HDMI-enabled source and display device. No more complicated cable set-up when installing your home theater system, and no more ugly cable mess behind your components. HDMI supports standard, enhanced, or high-definition video, plus multi-channel digital audio on this single cable. Also, HDMI is fully backward-compatible with DVI.

At the very heart of the matter, video reproduction is all about light. An HDTV’s panel emitts light to communicate a visual image to your eyes. However, the ambient light conditions in your viewing area can interfere with the light coming from a plasma or LCD panel.

With most flat panel TVs, you have one choice to close the curtains and settle for a muted effect. With the KRP500, on the other hand, you have another choice. The panel’s Optimum Mode uses a built-in room light sensor to measure levels of ambient light, and then analyzes video content and adjusts the panel’s performance for a video picture that’s optimized for the conditions in your home theater. Settle for nothing less.

Film doesn’t translate directly to a format that a TV can process. To display a movie on film, six frames per second (fps) must be added to the film’s original 24fps to equal 30 fps, the video format. Called 3:2 pulldown, this interpolation process improves NTSC reproduction of film-based material, but generates uneven motion known as jitter. Pioneer developed Advanced Pure Cinema to eliminate jitter.

This exclusive technology enables 3:3 pulldown, which synchronizes perfectly the frame rate of film and eliminates the need for interpolations. Now, when viewed on the KRP500 monitor, your film-based material on DVD, videotape, and regular TV will match the smooth, natural reproduction of film.

Pioneer’s deep encased cell structure means that each individual pixel in the KRP500’s display is encased in its own cell, with walls on all sides so that light doesn’t bleed into neighboring cells. This energy-efficient design allows each pixel to deliver a more concentrated beam of light, for truer colors and brighter images.

The clear front surface of the KRP500’s display is actually a precisely manufactured optical-grade, non-glass color filter bonded directly to the plasma panel. This filter increases the spectrum of light emitted by the plasma, for a fuller range of colors and exceptional color accuracy compared to front filters made of glass. It’s also much lighter than a glass filter and increases contrast by limiting ambient light reflections in bright viewing environments.

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