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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

Pioneer to launch full HD Plasma TVs in October

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Pioneer Corp. said on Thursday it will launch its first full high-definition plasma televisions in October, playing catch-up with larger rivals such as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. Read more

Posted on Thu, 2 Aug 2007 09:59:27 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.

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"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

Pioneer PDP-5070HD Review

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This review from our partners Digital Trends features the Pioneer PDP-5070HD 50 inch Plasma HDTV.

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"Pioneer's 7th generation plasma, the PDP-5070HD makes strides over last years offering, the 5060HD with improved black levels and color decoding. Pioneer has also ditched their media box receiver in favor of an integrated ATSC/NTSC tuner and video/audio connections.
With an MSRP of $4,000 or more, there are definitely more affordable plasma TV's on the market. Let’s see what makes the PDP-5070HD worth your hard earned dollar. "
Read the full Pioneer PDP-5070HD Review. Read more

Posted on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 10:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Pioneer PD-D6 SACD and A-A9/A-A6 Amplifier

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Pioneer announces the PD-D6 Super Audio CD player, the A-A9 and the A-A6 amplifier.

These three new Pioneer components are geared toward audiophiles of course. Nobody else is buying SACDs.
Pioneer says that the new devices are reproducing sound as the recording artist indented it.
I have to take Pioneer's word for that, as I am not an audiophile. Read more

Posted on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 08:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pioneer PDP-607CMX, PDP-507CMX-JP and PDP-427CMX Plamsa TV

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Pioneer introduces three new Plasma HDTVs targeted for business use.

The new Pioneer Plasma panels include the 60 inch PDP-607CMX, the 50 inch PDP-507CMX-JP and the 42 inch PDP-427CMX.

Pioneer's P.U.R.E. Black Panel and the P.U.R.E. Drive Pro digital image processing. The resolution on the 50 and 60 inch models is 1365x768px and the 42 inch only has SVGA resolution. Read more

Posted on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 07:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Pioneer 60 inch Plasma TV PDP-607HX

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The new Pioneer 60 inch Plasma HDTV PDP-607HX features a resolution of 1365x768px and the new P.U.R.E. Black Panel.

Pioneer supports on this new Plasma TV 1080p HDTV input. The PDP-607HX down-scales the full HD signal resulting in better image quality. On the other hand Pioneer also offers the 50 inch Plasma Pro-FHD1 which has full HDTV resolution of 1920x1080p. Sure it is 10 inches smaller, but 60 inch could also already be too big for your living room.

Other features include 2 Tuner, Ethernet port, 13W speakers, 2 HDMI ports and i.Link. Read more

Posted on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 13:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

IFA 2006: Pioneer Plans Blu-ray and HD DVD Hybrid Drive

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Pioneer says at the IFA 2006 that they are planning a hybrid drive that can play Blu-ray and HD DVD discs for 2007.

Update:
Pioneer denies BDR-103 hybrid drive, more details on CDFreaks.

The Pioneer BDR-103 would be the one that solves the High definition format issue for you. More details about the Pioneer Blu-ray drive roadmap on Heise (German).
Samsung also said a couple month back they will work on a blu-ray/HD DVD drive.

Ricoh also already announced a lens that would make it easy to build hybrid drives. Read more

Posted on Fri, 1 Sep 2006 02:54:26 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pioneer DV-490V HDMI DVD Player Review

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The review experts at Digital Trends review the slim-line Pioneer DV-490V DVD Player.

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"With HD DVD and Blu-Ray on the horizon, it’s no surprise that companies are starting to sell regular DVD players at all-time low prices. Case-in-point is the new Pioneer DV-490V DVD player which can be had for just under a 100 dollars. Now because this is Pioneer’s most entry-level DVD player, there are going to be some obvious compromises, which we will cover in this review.
Also keep in mind that because DVD technology has been around forever, there are a few treats that come with the DV-490V which you might not expect from a player in this price range." "
Read the full Pioneer DV-490V Review.
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Posted on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pioneer HTP-GS1 Xbox 360 Surround Sound System

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Pioneer offers with the HTP-GS1 a surround sound system designed for the Microsoft Xbox 360.

The Pioneer HTP-GS1 is a Dolby Digital & DTS 5.1 Surround Sound system with microphone based automatic room calibration. The HTS-GS1 has new Sound Retriever DSP technology designed to replace lost information and dynamics in compressed music files like MP3, WMA, AAC.
The remote control is Xbox 360 compatible. The design of the HTP-GS1 is also adapted to fit to your Xbox 360.
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