Comments on: Pioneer shutting down TV business forever

By: Frank

Frank — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:06:52 +0000

Well, I’m not going to criticize any comments made or pretend that I’m a Pioneer fanboy, but I WAS!!! Until my 2, yes TWO year old 5071HD Pioneer 50″ plasma $2,600 television stopped working. Two years of providing a great quality picture and sound GONE. All that I know is that if I bought a new car, I wouldn’t have expected it to DIE in two years. Quality? Pioneer? NOT! GOOD RIDDANCE Pioneer! Leave! I, for one will not miss you! My $900, 3-year old Insignia 42″ LCD (exactly…who?) that’s still going strong won’t miss you either!

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Was Quality Just A Moment? « The Official Wirewize Blog — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:43:59 +0000

[...] just left the TV business. JVC just consolidated its US operations. Sony just announced serious layoffs, as did Panasonic. [...]

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 09:44:53 +0000

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Vizio is done with plasma TVs, has the world gone mad? — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:20:20 +0000

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By: Rumor: Pioneer largará o mercado de televisores! « TecnoZilla

Rumor: Pioneer largará o mercado de televisores! « TecnoZilla — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:33:00 +0000

[...] Até o momento, não foi divulgado qualquer comunicado oficial por parte da Pionner, temos apenas rumores, então devemos aguardar um anúncio oficial por parte dos responsáveis da Pioneer. CrunchGear [...]

By: DG

DG — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:11:00 +0000

Bummer. I love my Pioneer plasma. At least the Panny’s a decent alternative.

Walmart & Pioneer do not belong in the same sentence, BTW. I’m betting you consider BOSE to be hi-fi.

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Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:10:23 +0000

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Rumor: Pioneer Exits Market for TV | Gadget Folder Free Gadget Review — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:34:10 +0000

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By: Sauerball

Sauerball — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:31:57 +0000

Sigh. My first and still my favorite display was an Elite 800HD. I was looking at displays in Osaka a few weeks ago and (fair enough with different source material) I still though they were the best in the shop.

RIP.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:26:03 +0000

What are you smoking? Pioneer has had the highest quality plasma displays available to consumers for years. Have you ever seen a Kuro?

@liz: nice point

By: liz

liz — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:28:57 +0000

> Pioneer’s name in the biz hasn’t been associated with high quality for awhile, they aren’t in Wal-Mart

funny, i find those two qualities mutually exclusive of each other.

By: j-chrome

j-chrome — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:57:30 +0000

Hasn’t been associated with high quality? What are you smoking? Have you not heard of the Pioneer Elite Series? They have made some of the highest quality plasma sets ever produced by human hands… And fuck walmart anyway. What self-respecting audio/videophile worth his salt buys his equipment at WalMart?

By: Screen Sleuth

Screen Sleuth — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:59:31 +0000

Doesn’t shock me. Pioneer’s name in the biz hasn’t been associated with high quality for awhile, they aren’t in Wal-Mart, and they don’t advertise much.