Pioneer Elite KURO Projector

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Pioneer already unveiled the KURO KRF-9000FD 1080p Projector last month in Germany. Today Pioneer announced the Pioneer Elite KURO Projector in the States.

The Pioneer Elite KURO projector incorporates LCoS 1080p technology which produces one of the highest native contrast ratio and superlative picture performance.
Pioneer’s first consumer projector introduction, the Elite KURO Projector features a wide lens shift capacity, dual HDMI 1.3 support, and a wide range of other precise adjustments to produce the finest picture possible. Read more

Posted on Wed, 7 May 2008 14:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Pioneer Elite SC-07, SC-05, VSX-03TXH and VSX-01TXH AV Receiver

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Pioneer today introduces four new A/V receivers with the Elite SC-07, SC-05, VSX-03TXH and VSX-01TXH. Acting as the HD control center, Pioneer’s full line of A/V receivers work seamlessly with Pioneer’s 2008 KURO displays and Blu-ray Disc players.

Pioneer's flagship A/V receiver, code named "Susano," has set the industry standard for home theater performance and its 2008 top-of-the-line receivers, the SC-07 and SC-05, continue to incorporate the Direct Energy HD Amplifier with ICEpower analog class D amplification technology to produce a level of multi-channel power output, fidelity, and efficiency never before seen or heard in a home A/V receiver. Read more

Posted on Wed, 7 May 2008 13:52:17 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pioneer BDP-05FD and BDP-51F BonusView Blu-ray Player

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Pioneer Electronics today announces the Elite BDP-05FD and Pioneer BDP-51FD BonusView Blu-ray Disc players.

Featuring picture-in-picture interactivity and a redesigned platform that significantly improves overall performance, the new players work in tandem with Pioneer’s KURO displays and A/V receivers.
BonusView is apparently Pioneers attempt to put their own name on BD-LIVE. Read more

Posted on Wed, 7 May 2008 13:32:52 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pioneer KURO KRF-9000FD 1080p Projector unveiled

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Pioneer officially introduces the KURO KRF-9000FD full HD projector in Munich at the High End trade-show. We found several photos of the KURO KRF-9000FD you can see them in the article gallery.

Pioneer was absent from the projector business for quite a while. The new Pioneer KURO KRF-9000FD 1080p Projector incorporates high reflectivity LCoS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) technology reaching a contrast ratio of 30,000:1. Read more

Posted on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:15:16 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pioneer Launches $1500 In-car Amp

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If in-car audio is your thing, Pioneer has announced a new amp that will rock your world—literally. The PRS-A900 is a 4-channel reference amp built with the design philosophy that performance is the goal with cost as no object. With a MSRP at $1500, Pioneer seems to have adhered to that philosophy.

"Our engineers painstakingly over-engineered each section of the PRS-A900 to produce one of the most accurate and musical automotive amplifier ever created, while at the same time achieving excellent dynamics, power output or reliability. Virtually every aspect of the PRS-A900, from the components on the circuit board to the bottom of the chassis, were designed for reproducing incredible sound quality," said Larry Rougas, vice president of marketing and product planning for the mobile business group of Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. "What resulted is an amplifier that can satisfy even the critical listener." Read more

Posted on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:16:48 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

CES 2008: Pioneer Project KURO Photos

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Shane took some photos at the Pioneer booth of the Project KURO area exhibiting the 9mm 50 inch flat panel display and the absolute black.

The KURO technology concepts demonstrate how Pioneer is continuing to challenge the industry and stay above the commoditized flat panel television market. Read more

Posted on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pioneer shows 9mm thin KURO Plasma TV and the absolute Black

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Pioneer will show the future of flat panel TVs at the CES 2008 show floor. Under the code name “Project KURO” Pioneer shows a 9mm thin Plasma TV concept and a new level of contrast ratio that is supposed to challenge that quality measure of flat panel TVs. Pioneer says to be able to display absolute black with no measurable amounts of light emitting.

For more than a year, Project KURO has been a brand mantra within Pioneer that represents our commitment to deliver the most passionate and emotional entertainment experience possible,” said Russ Johnston, executive vice president of marketing and product planning for the Home Entertainment and Business Solutions Group at Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. “The KURO technology concepts demonstrate how we are continuing to challenge the industry and stay above the commoditized flat panel television market – by literally ending the conversation about contrast ratio, a debate that has been in existence since television was first introduced, and creating a flat panel display so thin it becomes a canvas for entertainment.” Read more

Posted on Sun, 6 Jan 2008 12:20:43 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Worlds, the 3D Virtual Community Pioneer is back

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Worlds made online 3D virtual worlds back in the mid-nineties. The quality was pretty much as good as Second Life is today.

Worlds has now announced a relaunch with new board members including Bernard Stolar who brings 20 years of gaming industry experience from Sony and Sega.
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Posted on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Edgy Pioneer LX01 Home Cinema System to debut at IFA 2007

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To contrast the spherical Grundig Audiorama speakers take a look at the piano black angular Pioneer home cinema system.

The Pioneer LX01 features a 250GB HDD DVD recorder, 1080p DVD scaling, dual drive subwoofer, four satellite speakers and a LCD touch-screen remote. Read more

Posted on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:10:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Pantech Shooting Star IM-U200 pioneers a futuristic Design

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Pantech introduces a cool new mobile phone dubbed Shooting Star (IM-U200).

Pantech compares the shape of the IM-U200 with that of an space ship, and they are not that wrong with that. The clamshell phone, does not flip open as others, the cover swivels to the side.

The feature set itself is not that impressive of the IM-U200. The design is very futuristic though. The keypad for instance looks like a membrane of sorts. Read more

Posted on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 03:48:13 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pioneer KURO and KURO ELite Plasma HDTVs

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Pioneer starts to ship the first 8th generation Plasma HDTVs under the KURO sub-brand in the U.S.

The 42 inch PDP-4280HD and the 50 inch PDP-5080HD are available now. The Pioneer PDP-4280HD is on sale for $2,420.24 on Amazon.com.
The Pioneer PDP-5080HD sells for $2,928.68 on Amazon.com.

The newest Pioneer panel technology features a black level reproduction that is 80% darker than the previous generation.

Both new Pioneer Plasma HDTV are 720p models and not 1080p. Read more

Posted on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pioneer Elite Pro 1140HD Plasma TV Video Review

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Digital Trends published a video review of the Pioneer Elite Pro 1140HD Plasma HDTV.

The Pioneer Elite Pro 1140HD incorporates new technology to give you improved brightness and deeper blacks over previous models.
The Pioneer Elite Pro 1140HD is a 50 inch Plasma with 1365 x 768 pixels resolution. Prices start at $2,207. Read more

Posted on Thu, 7 Jun 2007 06:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pioneer BDP-LX70 Blu-ray Player

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Pioneer taday announced the BDP-LX70 Blu-ray player in Japan.

The Pioneer BDP-LX70 supports 1080p and 24p output plus Dolby TrueHD.
The player is DLNA compatible (by Ethernet), which means that content such as MPEG2, WMV9, WMA9 Pro, MP3 and JPEG files (for example) can be streamed from a home computer or server to the player. Read more

Posted on Wed, 16 May 2007 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pioneer SE-A1000 Review

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Our review partner Digital Trends published a review of the Pioneer SE-A1000 headphones.

Quote from the review:
"The Pioneer SE-A1000 headphones are great for watching movies or listening to music. They are lightweight and will not fatigue your ears. Read more

Posted on Tue, 15 May 2007 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

It's About Time, Pioneer Brings their $299 Blu-ray PC Drive State Side

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I am sure that there is a bunch of happy media center PC users out there that have been itching to add a Blu-ray drive to their computers. The catch has always been the high price of the drives that frequently cost near $1000.

Pioneer is making Blu-ray much more affordable for media center users by bringing their BDC-2202 Blu-ray computer drive to the USA at an MSRP of $299. While it seems that the BDC-2202 doesn’t burn Blu-ray disks is can burn DVDs and CDs. Read more

Posted on Wed, 2 May 2007 18:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

New Pioneer PDP-A507HX and PDP-A427HX Plasma HDTVs

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Pioneer introduces the PDP-A507HX and PDP-A427HX Plasma HDTV models in Japan.

The 50 inch Pioneer PDP-A507HX and the 42 inch PDP-A427HX feature a new surface that reduces glare. The improved P.U.R.E. Black Panel provides improved colors and brightness.

The new Pioneer Plasmas are supposed to be more energy efficient and the most lightweight Plasma in their corresponding size category.
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Posted on Fri, 6 Apr 2007 06:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony BRAVIA Theatre RHT-G800 Versus Pioneer B-07

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Sony introduced the BRAVIA Theatre RHT-G800 TV stand (photo below) with integrated 5.1 surround speakers last week at the Sony Media Experience. Researching the new Plasma TVs Pioneer announced today in Japan, I stumbled over the Pioneer B-07 AV rack (photo )that also features integrated speakers as well as a rather similar design.

A closer look reveals that the Pioneer B-07 only incorporates the front speakers into the TV-stand. You need the HTP-07 surround sound system in addition to achieve 5.1 surround sound.
Sony's TV-Stand has all speakers and the amplifier inside the rack. Read more

Posted on Thu, 5 Apr 2007 10:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pioneer Announces Music Tap Power Line Network Music Players

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With power line networking for your PC network hardly taking off Pioneer is betting that geeks will see more of a use for PLC (power-line Carrier Communication) in sending tunes all over your home without needing to run wire of any type.

Pioneer has launched an entire line of these devices called the Music Tap series starting with the XW-PSS01 known as the sound station. This device has no DAP capabilities, but is designed to connect to other devices with USB connectivity and can play MP3, WMA and MPEG-4 AAC formats. Most likely this device will be used to stream from your PC. Read more

Posted on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Pioneer Elite 60 inch PureVision Plasma HDTV PRO-1540HD

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There are few things better than watching sports and your favorite TV shows on a really big HDTV with great picture quality. has some fantastic features on paper, but will it perform in the real world?

With a plethora of connectivity options on the back of the TV and a giant 60” screen size the Elite 60” plasma is the stuff dreams are made of and if you have the budget to buy this piece of HDTV heaven you will be happy. Read more

Posted on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:20:27 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Pioneer Elite BDP-HD1 Review

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HDGuru published what is most likely the first review of the Pioneer Blu-ray player BDP-HD1. HDGuru actually finds many similarities between the Sony BDP-S1 and the Pioneer BDP-HD1, which leads to the conclusion that they are both made by Pioneer.

Quote from the review:
"Commencing set-up made clear that there were more similarities between the BDP-HD1 and Sony’s BDP-S1 than just the rear panel, as the two share identical on-screen instruction graphics, looks, placement and some fonts. The open drawer revealed the two players use the same disc drive as well, leading me to ask a Pioneer representative who builds its player.
I was assured that Pioneer builds its player, including the drive, which makes it clear that Pioneer also builds Sony’s player. "
Read the full review.
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Posted on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pioneer DVR-940HX 500GB DVR and 1080p Upscaling DVD Player

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Pioneer announces in Europe a cool new digital video recorder and DVD player. The Pioneer DVR-940HX-S features a 500GB HDD, 1080p upscaling and DVB-T Tuner.

The Pioneer DVR-940HX-S incorporates the newly designed VQE10 core video chipset, which enables a scaling up to 1080p via HDMI. The maximum recording time on the 500GB hard-drive is 1422 hours.
Via the front-side USB port you upload digital images or compressed audio files from portable devices.
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Posted on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 02:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr