Reckon the later Top End Panny Plasma's are really Pioneer Kuro's 
Nope.......but very close. When Pioneer closed it's doors, Panasonic employed the best 10 people of the team and licensed some of Pioneers patents. 2012 was the first year that this team of people had overall control over the Viera range and that coincides with really good Plasmas from them. The Panasonic ZT60 has been compared directly against the Pioneer at an event organised by Richer Sounds and HDTV Test and the ZT was better plus it is 3D, Smart, Bigger and Thinner.
Panasonic will be at the CES show in January and will probably show off there new TV range and there will be NO Plasma's so if you want a Plasma grab one while you still can.
"That's interesting, I didn't realise people rented TV's etc anymore - when I was growing up in the '70's and '80's everyone rented their TV's but when Sky came along in the late '80's(?) that all seemed to change and people bought their TV's. Pray tell us more about that - costs etc…"
YEP, I know. I have a 50" VT65 as already stated, and I pay £40 a month x 17 = £680. The TV costs £1900, if I then sold it after a couple on years I would struggle to get £500 so it would of cost me £1400......instead, by renting only £680, or half the loss.
Ta.
