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Pioneer Back In Black
Michael Fremer  |  May 09, 2008

Bouncing back from the news that Pioneer is exiting the plasma-panel manufacturing business—Matsushita, Panasonic's parent company, will provide the panels for future Pioneer plasma TVs—the company debuted a new line of upscale, eye-popping products at a press event held May 7 at New York City’s appropriately upscale Gramercy Park Hotel.

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OLED: Live Fast, Die Young
SV Staff  |  May 09, 2008
Without question, Sony's XEL-1 is one sweet TV. Its OLED display, the first in a commercially available TV, is wafer thin, its colors are vibrant, and the contrast ratio is outstanding. Be sure to see it, and don't wait too long. Because it might...
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Pioneer Plasmas Blacker Than Ever
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 09, 2008
Plasma increased its black-level edge over LCD this week as Pioneer showed off the latest generation of Kuro products. Also announced at the New York press event were Pioneer's first front-projector, two new Blu-ray players, and four new receivers.
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Criterion Collection turns Blu
SV Staff  |  May 08, 2008
Take a peek at what news was waiting in my mailbox this morning. Criterion Collection is finally entering the Blu-ray market. While initially waiting it out on the sidelines until the pendulum finally swung away from HD DVD, the company known for...
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You Can Never be TOO Thin...
SV Staff  |  May 08, 2008
According to news out of Korea, the new LG Scarlet TV is the world's thinnest TV. Well, at 45mm thick, it  is quite thin. But the thinnest model in the world? Not so fast, Ms. Scarlet. In a scene that could play out behind the scenes at the...
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Media-Go-Round
SV Staff  |  May 08, 2008
Anyone heading to Japan anytime soon? If so, could you pick up one of these for me? Sony's released two versions of this new VAIO media server, with a whopping 1TB or 1.5TB of storage. Looks kinda like a whopper too. The 1TB model, VGF-HS1 will...
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Blu in a Box
SV Staff  |  May 08, 2008
You know that keen DVD-powered Home Theater in a Box you got for Christmas? It is my solemn duty to tell you that it has been superseded. HTiBs have been a hot category for years, mainly equipped with DVD head units, but more and more companies are...
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Panasonic Does Blu and Bamboo
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 08, 2008
Panasonic showed a couple of new products at a New York press event yesterday. One, the third-generation DMP-BD50 Blu-ray player, is important. The other, the SC-BT100 compact surround system, is fascinating.
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Kudos to KURO
SV Staff  |  May 07, 2008
If black is the new black, then Pioneer is just about the hippest manufacturer in town. While their previous models of KURO plasmas were the talk of the town, the newest models, the Elite PDP-5020FD and PDP-6020FD can produce even blacker blacks,...
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Elite Blu
SV Staff  |  May 07, 2008
Not long ago, the Big News was Blu-ray versus HD DVD. Now, it's all about the avalanche of new Blu-ray players. Everyone loves a winner. Pioneer has jumped into the fray with not one, but two new BD players: the BDP-05FD and the BDP-51FD. Both...
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