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Pioneer Leaves the TV Business
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 12, 2009
Pioneer will stop manufacturing TVs and withdraw from the TV business altogether by 2010, according to a notice (PDF) that appeared today on the company's Japanese website. This confirms a report that surfaced in the Japanese business press a few days ago.
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Pioneer Makes it Official
Scott Wilkinson  |  Mar 07, 2008

In a press release issued today, Pioneer announced it will stop manufacturing raw plasma panels, stating, "We have judged that maintaining the cost competitiveness of plasma display panels at projected sales volumes will be difficult going forward. Accordingly, we have decided to terminate in-house plasma display panel production and to procure these panels externally, after panel production for our next series of models is complete...Pioneer is currently in discussions on the feasibility of procuring panel modules that may incorporate the Company's proprietary technologies. Details will be announced as soon as they are finalized."

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Pioneer May Stop Making Plasmas
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 04, 2008
Pioneer, one of the leading names in plasma, may stop manufacturing plasma panels. However, it would still market plasma sets, sourcing the panels from Panasonic. So say Japanese press reports anticipating an announcement to follow at the end of this week. The report originated with the Japanese news organization Nikkei and was picked up by both Reuters and the Associated Press.
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Pioneer Once Again a TV Maker
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 25, 2014
In a surprise announcement, Pioneer revealed that it will re-enter the TV manufacturing arena. No, it won’t resume building its world-beating Kuro plasmas. But it will make LED-backlit, 1080p, Wi-Fi streaming sets of 55, 46, and 40 inches. Dixons Retail has an exclusive agreement to develop and sell Pioneer TVs in European markets through Currys & PC World stores. No word on whether Pioneer would resume making TVs for North America and other markets. Pioneer quit the television business in 2009 and licensed its Elite TV brand to Sharp in 2011.
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Pioneer Opens Second Retail Store, This Time in Phoenix
SV Staff  |  Nov 14, 2008
Following the success of their first flagship store in the OC, California, Pioneer just opened their second foray into the retail marketplace.Interesting, in this time of economic woes, and giant Circuit City struggling to stay alive, why would...
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Pioneer PDV-20: Breakthrough Price in Desktop Theater
HT Staff  |  Jan 10, 2001
Until recently, movie fans on the go had to shell out a few grand for laptop computers with DVD playback capability. Such units typically weigh a several pounds and offer far more functionality than movie fans need.
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Pioneer Planning to Release DVD Recorder
Jon Iverson  |  Nov 28, 1999

Last week, <A HREF="http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/">Pioneer</A> announced that next year it will be the first to offer DVD recorder/players and recordable DVDs to consumers in North America and Europe. According to Pioneer, the new machines will allow recording times of up to six hours, indicating that the recorder will compress the video beyond the MPEG-2 compression found on commercially released DVDs.

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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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Pioneer Previews its First 11-Channel AV Receiver
SV Staff  |  Sep 20, 2016
Pioneer introduced its first 11.2-channel AV receiver last week at CEDIA 2016.
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Pioneer Previews New Flagship AV Receiver
SV Staff  |  Aug 28, 2019
Pioneer today offered a preview of a new flagship AV receiver designed to deliver “best-in-class home theater functionality.”
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Pioneer Pro DVD Recorder
HT Staff  |  Dec 09, 2003  |  First Published: Dec 10, 2003
Pioneer Electronics has introduced a new DVD recorder for the professional market that may find some crossover customers among serious video hobbyists.
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Pioneer Pumps Up Blu-ray to 400GB
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 11, 2008
Pioneer has announced a 400-gigabyte Blu-ray disc. Needless to say, this technical breakthrough will be limited to the lab for some time.
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Pioneer Pushes Price-Perfomance Envelope with DV-525 Disc Player
HT Staff  |  Jul 28, 2000
Not too long ago you had to fork over a grand or more for a high-performance DVD player. Pioneer has just sliced that ticket by more than half with their new DV-525, a player sporting 10-bit video processing and internal 24-bit/96-kilohertz digital-to-analog converters. The $425 player is said to offer "twice the picture quality of a VCR" and options "usually reserved for players costing much more."
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Pioneer Rounds Out 2016 Line with $250 Receiver
SV Staff  |  May 11, 2016
The last piece to Pioneer’s 2016 AV puzzle is the 5.1-channel VSX-531 AV receiver, which is now available for $250.
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Pioneer Rounds Out Elite Series with $799 AVR
SV Staff  |  Apr 30, 2018
Pioneer today introduced a new $799 addition to its Elite family of AV receivers.
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