Pioneer vs. Panasonic plasma

When I purchased my plasma last year, I did a lot of side-by-side comparisons with the same content and same conditions. I compared Pioneer to Panasonic, LG, Phillips, Samsung and Hitachi. I found Pioneer to be superior. Having said that, when I started to compare price, size and PQ I chose Hitachi. I found the Hitachi PQ to be better than Panasonic and for a little more money I got 5 extra inches of viewing space. With approximately 97% of the PQ of a Pioneer and significantly lower price, the Hitachi became a no brainer. Some will argue the Panasonic PQ is better than the Hitachi. This past December I did another comparison check and I still don't think the Panasonic is better. The problem for American consumers is that they're just not exposed to Hitachi products, but in Japan they sell a ton of Hitachi plasmas.

Gocubs999 - I wonder how Pioneer's new technology will compete with Cannon/Toshiba's SET?

Nano Proprietary won its SED licensing lawsuit against Canon last month. If the two parties can't come to an arrangement out of court this will adversely impact Canon's ability to mass produce SED televisions, because the licensing agreement with Nano doesn't extend to Toshiba, who Canon is relying on for mass production. Given the stakes and the significant investment (estimates range from $1B - 1.7B) Canon has made in this technology, it's hard to believe they won't work out a deal with Nano Proprietary, however this development stands to further delay the release of SED.