In my opinion, the most amazing thing about the TV industry is this: in more than two and a half years, no TV has delivered better picture quality than the Pioneer Kuro line of plasma TVs.

100% agree. The last of the Kuro line of plasmas have the best color reproduction and contrast ratio of the plasma generation. I love this series of televisions and was lucky enough to snag one just after Pioneer announced their demise. It was a shame when that happened.

Pioneer announced that the Kuro line would come back, but in its new form the panels will be manufactured by Sharp and not Pioneer. I'm looking forward to the first comparison between them and the original line.