Customer Ratings & Reviews

I got this last Tuesday and so far I can't pull myself away from it. I have always had Sonys, I currently have three Sony 3D tvs - I love them. I was about to get the Sony Bravia XBR-65HX929 when I walked into the Best Buy in Long Island City and saw this TV with Star Wars Revenge of the Sith blue-ray playing. I couldn't beleive the back levels and just the basic beauty of the picture. Watching sports on this TV is heaven. I purchased this with a Elite VSX-53 receiver, B&W speakers and a Supercube 4000 SW. I put on Killzone 3 in 3D for a friend and he couldn't believe he played the same game. I'm watching and playing everything again for the first time. It's probably overpriced, but they can get away with it I guess for being the best (as of this review). If you have any doubts, call up Best Buy best and see if they have this TV on display and go take a look for yourself. If anything changes with my experience I'll keep everyone posted.

Silvercreenjunky, It is sad to see comments such as yours which have no technical grounds to stand on, not to mention it is blatanly obvious that your knowledge behind the manufacturing and design of this panel is nil. In order for one to be able to make claims and ask for proof, you need to make a case for why you feel the way you do. The typical BBY customer will just glaze over the score and make their judgement based off that, which makes your ill informed post even more so harmful. This set has been in the making for over two and half years between Pioneer and Sharp (who by the way has had a share of ownership for quite some time beforehand). The goal was to develop a TV that would either equal of surpass the Kuro Elite. It is a culmination between Sharp and Pioneers top engineers and they were given no budget to do so. For the record, I own a Signature Elite 141, Pro950 and FHD1. The FHD1 has been removed and replaced with the 141 and my new 70" Elite is where the 141 was. I plan on having it ISF calibrated soon.

I just got my PRO-70X5FD hooked up last night and I was completely blown away! This is the real thing folks no question about it, it's got Pioneer written all over it. The deep Inky blacks are the best I've ever seen on any display, the picture quality is nothing short of ELITE. No photograph can reproduce what I'm talking about trust me on that, you just have to go and see one in person.

I absolutely love this television. The picture is amazing, even in high light stiuations. I haven't noticed any dead pixels or color problems. Everyone who sees it, even my most videophile friends, love it.

I've had the Elite 70" Tv for about a month now and still I'm completley blown away by it's picture quality. I have not seen another TV with such deep blacks and colors that are truely amazing. I would recommend this TV to anyone that asks without hesitation.

This is a great HDTV, the best picture I've ever seen. The internet options could use some work, but overall as a HDTV/3-DTV, it's the best one I've ever had and I've had six of them. The set is a little pricey.

What's great about it: - Black levels - Feature set is really impressive What's not: - Cyan issue (Google it. Sharp says they will fix this potentially in a firmware update so only -1 star) - Dead pixels. See below.. (-2 star) - Price, but I won't deduct points for that since it's 'top of the line' Problem 1 - Pixels: I've returned the TV 3 times so far for dead pixels. For such a premium price, there is an expectation of perfection that isn't being met. The last return had at least 7 dead pixels, and only 7 were noted because I stopped counting. This is really only a problem because Sharp does -NOT- have a written dead pixel policy. So, in essence, it's gambling. Problem 2 - Cyan: There is a significant color issue right now when the TV tries to render Cyan/Teal. Sharp does think they can fix it through a firmware update. I suspect this will be the king TV come early next year, once the defects/production issues are worked out.

this is the best picture quality TV on the market. Only issue that the last Nov 2012 batch got many quality issues of uniformity. I got pink and green blobs that are very visible on any snow sports. I had to replace to another one. The TV has to be calibrated by ISF cert to get the most of this expensive item.

My jaw literally dropped when i watched the first five minutes of The Dark Knight on this TV setup in the store. Insane picture.

the most exciting TV we have owned YET. still amazed each time we turn it on - just the best picture ever. would recommend this to anyone who loves to watch movies. worth every price - hey - you only live once! it's only money!!!!

I am disappointed to find out that this set is very much defective, terrible green bars visible on white or grey screens. They are strong enough to disturb other colors during movie playback. As for cyan push, with both Cnet or AVS Forum settings in THX Movie mode all whites are yellowish beyond fix.