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Originally posted by SupraLB
Anyone else trying to choose between these two sets right now? Their picture qualities look the same to me. The biggest issue for me right now is that Pioneer offers a 2-year warranty and Sony one 1-year. (My CC will make the 3-years and 2-years respectively)
However, I do like Sony's media stick slot so that I can just easily pop up my digital photos on the screen. |
SupraLB, I also saw your post in the "Pioneer 1110hd vs Fujitsu p50" thread. I considered the same 3 displays (P50, 1110HD, & XBR950), and I eliminated the Fujitsu for the same reason--I decided I wanted the media box b/c I had to run 50' of cable from the electronics to the display.
I like the aesthetics of the Sony much better, and the media stick is nice, but the Elite's 2 HDMI inputs are also an excellent feature. I thought that HD was great on both displays and SD was, well, not so great (just b/c it's SD). Therefore, I used DVD material as my primary comparison medium.
I connected a Denon 5900 to both displays via component (exact same cable & power source), and I calibrated each display w/DVE. With bright, colorful scenes, they both looked fantastic. Originally, the Sony looked better until I figured out how to get rid of the green in the Elite. Then, I turned off all the lights in the store (it was dark outside too), and in my comparison, the Elite clearly outperformed the Sony in dark scenes. The Sony showed a lot more digital artifacts: noise, banding, and a lot more false contours. The Elite's blacks looked deeper & more detailed. I used various dark & bright scenes in Italian Job, Spiderman, Hulk, & Star Wars II for comparison.
The two displays were the same price to me, so I wanted to like the Sony better due to its aesthetics, but I had to go w/the Elite, and I've been extremely happy w/my choice. I didn't think I needed the OTA HD tuner, but it turns out to be much better than the 2 yr old Sony HD100 OTA HD tuner that I have.
The only problem I'm having so far is a subtle flicker when I use 5900's DVI output and I activate the 1110's ADV processing--I don't know which component is at "fault."
Hope this helps. I'm sure you'll be very happy w/either choice.