Comments on: Pioneer pulls the plug on LD production

By: Pioneer sells another batch of Laserdisc players, in Japan

Pioneer sells another batch of Laserdisc players, in Japan — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:21:42 +0000

[...] I would write another post on LDs after the one in January this year in which I reported about Pioneer stopping the production of LDs players [...]

By: Pioneer ends US plasma TV output this April, axes 10,000 jobs worldwide | FocuSoft Tech Blog

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:43:41 +0000

[...] After pulling the plug on LD production just last month and saying their TV business is practically dead, Pioneer today in Tokyo hold a press conference explaining the latter move in more detail [JP, PDF]. And the details aren’t pretty at all. [...]

By: Pioneer ends US plasma TV output this April, axes 10,000 jobs worldwide

Pioneer ends US plasma TV output this April, axes 10,000 jobs worldwide — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:43:21 +0000

By: Little Red Ryan Hood

Little Red Ryan Hood — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:33:55 +0000

I think most karaoke still uses LD, will we not have drunks singing journey any more?

By: Ray Heath

Ray Heath — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:12:12 +0000

[...] Crunchgear via Pioneer [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:14:44 +0000

What?!?!? Wow. They still made Laserdisc players? Even if only for the Japanese market? I thought my Elite CLD-99, very similar to the one pictured, purchased on closeout ten years ago, was one of the “last” models.