720p/1080i/1080p Picture Quality: Set up and testing showed a slightly better picture using 1080i than 720p. We viewed a recent Blu Ray disc version of The Manchurian Candidate which has a tremendous variation in color and dark shades. Black levels produced by the Runco were extremely deep with the digital HDMI (to DVI) signal. Blacks appear over saturated against bright backgrounds in some scenes such that the plasma television lost shadow detail in the navy officers uniform of Denzel Washington’s character. As a result of the incredibly deep blacks, which I would expect from the NEC/Pioneer panel, there was excellent contrast and color information was extraordinary.
