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Pioneer Announces $399 Soundbar Designed by Andrew Jones
HT Staff  |  Jun 26, 2013
Pioneer Electronics today unveiled a soundbar/subwoofer system designed by noted speaker engineer Andrew Jones who has a track record of designing affordable speaker packages that compete with systems that sell for much more.
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Pioneer Announces 2011 Receivers, Apple AirPlay Support and More
Thomas J. Norton  |  Mar 09, 2011
For its 2011 lineup of AV receivers, Pioneer has gone Apple in a big way. The four new models, introduced at a press event in San Francisco, range in price from $249 for the VSX-521 to $549 for the top-of-the-line VSX-1021.

To various degrees, depending on model, the receivers incorporate a high level of compatibility with iDevices from Apple, including iPhone and iPad, with no external dock required. All four feature at least 110 watts per channel (120W per in the VSX-1021, all measured at 1kHz and 8Ω) using traditional class-AB amplification. The two lower end models sport 110W x 5 and the top two are equipped to drive 7 channels. Among their features are compatibility with today's most widely used audio formats (including Dolby Pro Logic IIz's height-channel option), 3D pass-through via multiple HDMI 1.4 inputs, and Pioneer's proprietary MCACC room calibration. All of the new units are Bluetooth-ready (with the addition of an optional adapter).

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Pioneer Announces Affordable Atmos AV Receivers
Bob Ankosko  |  Mar 24, 2015
Pioneer today announced that four new AV receivers, ranging in price from $400 to $700, will hit stores in April. The announcement marks the first products to be released under the new Pioneer & Onkyo U.S.A. corporate umbrella.
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Pioneer Announces Affordable Network AVRs
SV Staff  |  Mar 18, 2016
Two affordable 7.1-channel network AV receivers will join Pioneer’s Elite series lineup in April.
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Pioneer Announces MQA-Ready Music Player
SV Staff  |  Sep 10, 2015
Pioneer announced the industry’s first portable music player to support MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) technology at the recent IFA 2015 show in Berlin.
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Pioneer AVR Features ‘Virtual’ Atmos for Under $500
SV Staff  |  Apr 03, 2017
Pioneer has announced two 5.1-channel AV receivers, one of which will be the first to feature Dolby Atmos virtual surround processing.
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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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Pioneer Backing Out of Plasma?
Scott Wilkinson  |  Mar 04, 2008

I wasn't going to post a story about this until we know more about it, but it's too important to wait. According to several news sources, Pioneer is finalizing plans to stop manufacturing plasma panels and concentrate on assembling plasma TVs. The company is negotiating to acquire panels from Matsushita, Panasonic's parent company. A Pioneer spokesperson said an official statement would be forthcoming this Friday.

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Pioneer Becomes Second 3D AVR Maker
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 05, 2010
Pioneer has announce some 3D capable a/v receivers.
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Pioneer Blu-ray Sneak Peek
SV Staff  |  Apr 17, 2008
Don't let it be said that we don't know important people here at S&V - people who will risk their very lives to get us early, semi-exclusive info. That's why we didn't find ourselves the least bit surprised when we got a call from someone we...
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Pioneer Brings Back Home Theater in a Box
SV Staff  |  Apr 12, 2019
Pioneer is bringing back the once-popular home theater in a box (HTiB) with a $499 bundle that gives you almost everything you need to set up a six-speaker Dolby Atmos/DTS:X surround sound system. The only thing the package doesn’t include is a Blu-ray player or other source component.
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Pioneer Confirms Panasonic Plasma Deal
user  |  Apr 24, 2008
As previously reported here, Panasonic will be the manufacturing partner that takes over the making of Pioneer-branded plasmas.
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Pioneer Confirms Will No Longer Make Plasmas
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 07, 2008
Today Pioneer confirmed a previous report that it would cease making--but not marketing--plasma DTVs. Pioneer's exit from plasma manufacture adds another name to a list of casualties that already included Fujitsu, Mitsubishi, and NEC, from whom Pioneer purchased two of its plasma production lines.
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Pioneer Delivers AVR with HDCP 2.2 for $280
SV Staff  |  Aug 05, 2015
Pioneer has packed five-channel discrete amplification, Ultra HD passthrough with HDCP 2 support, and Bluetooth/aptX connectivity into its new budget AV receiver, the VSX-530-K, which carries a suggested retail price of $280.

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Pioneer Discontinues Laserdisc Players
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 15, 2009
Announcing the death of a format can be tricky business. After all, a lot of them live on in our hearts, minds, racks, and libraries--and at least one "dead" format, the LP, never really died. But if the manufacture of hardware is a major criterion, then the laserdisc format has died. Pioneer has discontinued its last three laserdisc player models, according to a brief announcement in Akihabara News.
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