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6th Generation Pioneers...

Aug 4, 2005 4:08AM PDT

I'm thisclose to buying a plasma, particularly the Pioneer PDP-4350. I'm now hearing that the latest generation will be revealed in early September and will hopefully hit the States not long after, so I might as well wait. Especially if the new ones improve their black level performances to be comparable with the Panasonics.
My question is about the new models:
PDP-506XDE ? 50 inch ? ?HD ready' ? built-in DTT
PDP-436XDE ? 43 inch ? ?HD ready' ? built-in DTT
PDP-506FDE ? 50 inch ? ?HD ready'
PDP-436FDE ? 43 inch ? ?HD ready'

Are these gonna be the new generation Elite line or regular consumer models? They look to be consumer, like 4360, but I've heard the numbers sometimes all change once they hit the States. Any ideas? And any ideas about their cost? Thanks!

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Sep 19, 2005 1:48PM PDT

that is coming and Pioneer has info on their site. I too want to see the new models and how they are compared to the Elite.
Any one knows, let us too
Thanks

Will be buying when they come out, one way or another the 43 for starters