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Pioneer shows Hollywood the truth about TVs
SV Staff  |  Jun 29, 2008  |  0 comments
Pioneer has opened a special showroom at the corner of Hollywood and Vine to show Hollywood professionals what their works really look like once they get into someone's home. The Kuro Loft gives "the industry" a chance to look at...
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Pioneer Shows Off 50" and 60" Kuro Plasmas
SV Staff  |  Sep 11, 2008  |  0 comments
Pioneer just had a press conference in Tokyo, introducing two new KURO plasma displays. The KRP-600A (60-inch) and KRP-500A (50-inch.)  Both have Full HD resolution and are designed, according to Pioneer, to produce blacks five times deeper...
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Pioneer Shows Personal Sound ‘Clarifier’
SV Staff  |  Jan 24, 2018  |  2 comments
Hundreds of press announcements crossed our desks in the weeks leading up to, and during, CES 2018. One of the many products we didn’t have a chance to investigate in person was Pioneer’s PHA-M70 Personal Sound Amplifier, which is nick-named “Nani?” (Yes, the question mark is part of the unusual moniker…)
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Pioneer Stays True to Its Name
SV Staff  |  Jan 06, 2008  |  0 comments
What's this? Pioneer's Kuro line isn't the final word in the blackest TV blacks after all? Not according to Russ Johnston, the company's  executive VP of marketing for Home Entertainment. Pioneer is actually working on a new concept - the...
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Pioneer Unveils Budget-Priced Elite AVRs
SV Staff  |  Jun 05, 2017  |  1 comments
Pioneer has expanded its Elite series of AV receivers with two feature-packed yet moderately priced 7.2-channel AV receivers.
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Pioneer Unveils New Elite Flagship AV Receiver
Bob Ankosko  |  Mar 14, 2023  |  0 comments
Pioneer today unveiled a new flagship AV receiver under the prestigious Pioneer Elite label.
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Pioneer unveils new iPhone-controllable BD players
SV Staff  |  Apr 20, 2010  |  0 comments
Pioneer has just announced two new Blu-ray Disc players that feature built-in iPhone control compatibility. The BDP-LX53 and BDP-330 feature the same iControlAV app as the previously announced VSX-1020 A/V receiver. iControlAV is an app you can...
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Pioneer Updates the Classic Minisystem
SV Staff  |  Aug 22, 2016  |  1 comments
CD-based compact stereo systems were all the rage in the ‘90s. Virtually every big AV brand offered minisystems—as they were called—and a few of them were pretty good (and pricey).
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Pioneer's 16 'Blu-ray' Layers
SV Staff  |  Jul 07, 2008  |  0 comments
The Japanese Web site, AV Watch, is reporting that energetic Pioneer engineers have demonstrated an optical disc with 16 data layers, yielding a capacity of 400 GB. Moreover, since it's engineered to work with specifications such as numerical...
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Pioneer's Blu-ray Recorders for Japan
SV Staff  |  Sep 16, 2008  |  0 comments
Pioneer just announced two exciting new products for Japan: two Blu-ray Disc recorders, both with built-in HDDs. The BDR-WD900 has a 1 TB drive and the BDR-WD700 has a 500GB hard drive. Prices aren't available yet. Want more info? These HDD/BD...
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Pioneer's Elite KURO's Hitting the Streets
SV Staff  |  Sep 04, 2008  |  0 comments
The Elite KURO Signature Series are finally shipping. Life is good. This long-awaited line of monitors takes the KURO to the next level. The Signature Series are handpicked at the factory for the deepest blacks and highest levels of color accuracy,...
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Pioneer's HDTV Monitors Go Mass-Market in September
 |  Jul 30, 2000  |  0 comments

Although prices for high-definition displays have steadily declined in the past year, the equipment hasn't moved into the mass market in significant numbers. Home-theater specialty shops and their upscale clientele haven't yet had much of a "trickle-down" effect on rank-and-file consumers.

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Pioneer's New Center & Bookshelf Speakers
SV Staff  |  Jun 26, 2008  |  0 comments
Pioneer is revealing a new center channel and bookshelf designed to match the S-3EX speakers revealed last year. Together, they'll make a kick-ass home theater system that will put most home-theater-in-a-box sat/sub system to shame. ...
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Pioneer's New Center & Bookshelf Speakers
SV Staff  |  Jun 26, 2008  |  0 comments
Pioneer is revealing a new center channel and bookshelf speaker designed to match the S-3EX speakers revealed last year. Together, they'll make a kick-ass home theater system that will put most home-theater-in-a-box sat/sub system to shame. What...
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Pioneer's New Plasmas, And More!
Thomas J. Norton  |  May 16, 2007  |  0 comments

Kuro is a Japanese word meaning deep, black, and penetrating. And on the tenth anniversary of its entry into the plasma display business, Pioneer announced the culmination of its <I>Project Kuro</I> to the assembled consumer electronics press in New York.

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