While I'm in the rant mode, I'm weary of this exaggerated reverence for the Pioneer Kuro plasma sets. In all of my comparative viewing, including receptions by Pioneer, I would rate the Kuro sets as "quite good", but not equal in image quality to the plasma sets from Panasonic and Samsung, which provide really stunning images. I think the Kuro thing is a product of group-think, seeded by some reviewers. In my opinion, the Kuro sets were always overrated and overpriced.
your opinion of the Kuro is interesting Alan. I think you are the first person in the audio video world that i have read to say that the Kuro was "overrated". I was reading reviews of the panasonic VT30 the other evening on Cnet, and the reviewer was saying it was "almost" as good as the Kuro, but not better.... I have only seen a Kuro a couple times; The display models at Best Buy when they were a current product. So my experience with the Kuro's is very limited...
