Pioneer PDP-607XD

29 AUG 2007

Launch price £6,000.00

Stuff says

The PDP-607XD delivers a top quality picture on a monumental scale. There are more sophisticated sets out there but they’re just, well, smaller

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Pros A really solid picture for such a big TV. It’s easy to set up too
Cons If your front room is anywhere in the vicinity of “cosy” buy something smaller

There’s no getting away from it, the PDP-607XD’s main selling point is its size. It may not be the very biggest flatscreen out there – Panasonic makes a 103in screen that makes the Pioneer look like a bedroom telly – but it is every inch the statement TV.

Size matters
But don’t go contemplating turning your pocket-sized studio flat into some kind of personal IMAX theatre. Letting the big screen visuals just wash over you sounds like fun but the PDP-607XD works best when it’s got some room to breathe.

So if you’re going to end up closer than four metres from the screen do yourself a favour and go for something smaller. Much smaller.

Nevertheless, if the size of your wallet matches the size of your pad then you’ll be quids in with this monster telly.