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Pioneer's TiVo-DVD Recorders
 |  Jul 06, 2003  |  0 comments

This fall, <A HREF="http://www.pioneerelectronics.com">Pioneer</A> will launch a new line of DVD recorders featuring TiVo's personal video recorder technology. Almost certain to cause anxiety among Hollywood studios and network broadcasters, the new recorders will combine TiVo's versatile recording and operating features, and give consumers the choice of archiving their recordings on magnetic hard disks or DVD-R/RW optical disks.

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Pioneer's TV division hits the dusty trail
SV Staff  |  Feb 26, 2009  |  0 comments
For the last two years, Pioneer Kuro plasmas have sit squarely at the top of our HDTV heap. Both the PRO-110FD and the PRO-111FD earned their years' respective Editor's Choice award for Best Product of the Year, and they've been roundly considered...
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Pioneer: DVD Drives Need Update
Barry Willis  |  Sep 22, 2002  |  0 comments

Some Pioneer DVD recorders and computer drives need a firmware update before they can be used with new high-speed discs, according to a September 17 announcement from Long Beach, CA&ndash;based <A HREF="http://www.pioneerelectronics.com">Pioneer Electronics USA, Inc</A>. Using high-speed discs without first completing the update could cause damage to both discs and hardware, the company explained.

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Pioneer: Reports of Plasma's Death Greatly Exaggerated
SV Staff  |  Mar 06, 2008  |  0 comments
Okay, plasma-lovers. Take a deep breath. We know that news of Pioneer's plans to exit the plasma-making business caught a lot of you off guard. Not because all home theater enthusiasts own a beautiful, industry-leading model from Pioneer's Kuro...
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Pioneering
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jul 04, 2005  |  0 comments

Pioneer is not a huge company by Japanese mega-corp standards, so when they hold a line show, we don't expect dozens of new products. But they're big in the areas of importance to home theater enthusiasts, namely plasma displays, DVD players and recorders, and AV receivers. So when they invited me to attend their 2005 west coast line show, there was no question about my response. I were there.

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Pioneer’s Introduces Dynamic Hi-Res Duo
SV Staff  |  May 09, 2017  |  1 comments
Pioneer has introduced a portable hi-res digital audio player with a balanced line output and matching “hi-res earbuds.”
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Pioneer’s Move: Why Is Plasma Dying?
SV Staff  |  Mar 05, 2008  |  0 comments
Reports in the Japanese business daily Nikkei that Pioneer Electronics is planning to cease production of plasma panels shocked the consumer electronics industry on Tuesday. Along with Panasonic, Pioneer has been one of plasma’s greatest...
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Pioneer’s New 9.2-Ch AVR Targets Cinephiles, Gamers
SV Staff  |  Jun 11, 2018  |  1 comments
Pioneer has pulled the wraps off a mid-priced AV receiver that targets cinephiles and gamers with the lure of an “ultimate” surround sound experience.
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Pioneer’s new AVRs go high, wide, and deep
SV Staff  |  Mar 05, 2010  |  0 comments
Spring must be around the corner again, folks, ‘cause Pioneer has just announced a bunch of new receivers. The company’s new lineup consists of 5 models that range in price from $299 to $749. All deliver height channels ...
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Pioneer’s New Wireless Earbuds Have Integral Clip
SV Staff  |  Oct 20, 2017  |  0 comments
Pioneer introduced a wireless earbud that offloads its rechargeable battery into a small in-line box with a spring-loaded clip that holds the cable running between the buds in place when your jogging, working out, or otherwise on the go.
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Piracy Claim Stings Warner
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 14, 2010  |  0 comments
Electronic libertarians with a taste for irony are doing spit-takes with their morning coffee over a patent snafu involving Warner Bros. A German company has sued the studio, claiming it is actively pirating an antipiracy technology.
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Piracy Prompts Film Strike in India
Barry Willis  |  Aug 22, 1998  |  0 comments

Ongoing financial losses to the Indian film industry from widespread video piracy provoked a one-day strike last week in the city of Bombay. On Tuesday, August 14, about 5000 people---including actors, producers, directors, and technical workers---streamed into the city's business district in a protest march from the suburb of Bandra. The strike was led by the Film Makers Combine, an industry association that called on the Indian government to step up enforcement of copyright laws.

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Pirates Crack 4K Copy Protection on Netflix
SV Staff  |  Aug 31, 2015  |  1 comments
Pirates have found a way around the High-Bandwidth Digital Copy Protection (HDCP) scheme used by Netflix and other content providers to prevent copyrighted 4K content from being copied, according to a post on Torrent Freak.
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Pirates May Target HDR
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 06, 2017  |  4 comments
HDR improves picture quality but also makes content more tempting to steal. Writes a Fox studio executive in Multichannel News: “Fox’s experience is that the moment a high-quality pirate source becomes available, it immediately becomes much more popular than lower-quality sources such as theater camcorders or ‘ordinary’ HD sources, and is therefore a bigger threat to our legitimate business.”
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Pixar Soaring
Barry Willis  |  May 10, 2004  |  0 comments

Pixar Animation Studios is flying high.

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