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gearlog.com - 2/6/2009

Report: Pioneer Exiting TV Business, Spinning Off DVD

— gearlog.com — A report in the Nikkei Japanese business journal Friday claims that "Pioneer Corp. will pull the plug on its loss-ridden television business and shift its DVD player operations to a new venture with Sharp Corp. in a sweeping overhaul," according ... (more) Report: Pioneer Exiting TV Business, Spinning Off DVD

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hdguru.com - 2/7/2009

Pioneer To Exit The TV Business

— hdguru.com — According to industry sources and confirmed by a Nikkei News report (Link) Pioneer Corp. is ending production of its highly rated plasma HDTVs and will be exiting the TV business. Pioneer has been losing money on its HDTV plasma operation for quite ... (more) Pioneer To Exit The TV Business

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engadget.com - 2/12/2009

Pioneer officially leaving the TV biz by March 2010, focusing on audio

— engadget.com — Bad news Kuro fans, the rumors were true and Pioneer is leaving the TV manufacturing business. On the upside, the restructuring deadline is March 2010, so a predicted net 130 billion yen ($1.44 billion) loss shouldn't be enough to get between you ... (more) Pioneer officially leaving the TV biz by March 2010, ...

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Pioneer plasma televisions going the way of the ghost
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... in March 2010 and focusing on car electronics and home audio-video lines. This is sad news: they make some of the best plasma HDTVs on the market, and with Vizio also dropping out of the game, plasmas are getting rarer and rarer. That's a shame: while plasma will eventually be made obsolete by OLED displays, we're still a few years away from that... and in the mean time, LCD blacks just aren't quite there yet. A quality player leaving the market is something to be mourned. Pioneer exits TV business as losses mount [Twice]

Pioneer Leaving TV Biz For Good
Homotron.net — ... re-focused itself on its car electronics and non-TV home A/V products. This is a shame because Pioneer's Kuro HDTVs are fantastic plasmas, and also because of the 10,000 jobs that will be lost as a result of the decision. Also new is TV manufacturer Vizio's announcement that it will ditch plasmas to focus solely on LCD televisions, which leaves plasma customers out in the cold. Only Panasonic, LG and Samsung continue to manufacture plasma televisions in a major way Pioneer Exits TV Business As Losses Mount [TWICE]

Pioneer tuning out HDTV sets, including Kuro line
Yahoo! Tech Advisors — ... The top-notch electronics maker confirms that it's done with the TV business—and that's a real shame, because Pioneer cranked out some of the best HDTVs in the business. Twice (via ...