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crunchgear.com - 2/9/2009

Pioneer shutting down TV business forever

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There’s nothing much to say here other than what I’ve stated in the headline, folks. Pioneer has announced that they are officially getting out of the plasma HDTV business. Despite the quality of their plasma HDTVs, the TV division hasn’t been doing so well. Another factor is Panasonic’s ...

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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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gearlog.com - 2/6/2009

Report: Pioneer Exiting TV Business, Spinning Off DVD

— gearlog.com — A report in the Nikkei business paper claims that Pioneer may be exiting the TV business altogther,... and spinning off its DVD operation. (more) Report: Pioneer Exiting TV Business, Spinning Off DVD

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Rumor: Pioneer abandona el mercado de las TV
Gizmología — ... de las pantalla de alta definición. Algo tiene que ver que el año pasado se dejase de fabricar las pantallas de plasma, un síntoma que seguramente pocos se esperaban fuese tan drástico. Panasonic se encargaría de fabricar sus pantallas, pero el que dejen por completo el negocio deja a este sector sin una serie de pantallas bastante famosas: las Kuro. Aun no hay confirmación oficial, pero los rumores desde Japón parecen bastante sólidos. Vía: CrunchGear Comparte esta anotación ...

Vizio is done with plasma TVs, has the world gone mad?
CrunchGear — ... plasma TVs. Plus, there is no plan to order more once the current inventory runs outs. The cut is, of course, due to plamsa’s poor sales in comparison to the companies LCD sales. Which is, of course, due to poor consumer information and as bright as the sun’s surface showrooms. Don’t worry, consumers can still order Vizio plasmas on the website if the local store is sold out, but once those are gone, the Vizio plasma will simply be a memory. Just like Pioneer plasmas. So that leaves Panasonic, Samsung, and LG plasmas to choose from now. Got ...

Pioneer ends US plasma TV output this April, axes 10,000 jobs worldwide
CrunchGear — 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. The company said it will establish a rigid restructuring program as an answer to the $1.44 billion in loss for the past fiscal year. The program includes cutting about 6,000 regular and 4,000 temporary jobs worldwide by the end of March 2010. Pioneer will pull out of the display operations and ...

Pioneer gives up: No more Kuro plasma TVs from May
CrunchGear — We covered the news that Pioneer shuts down TV production back in February and today Pioneer Japan revealed a number of details about their radical move [JP]. In short: There will be no more Kuro plasma TVs from May this year. Pioneer calls it quits after 12 years of plasma TV production. The company will roll out two 50-inch Kuro TVs (RP-500A and KRP-500M) and two 60-inch models (KRP-600A and KRP-600M, which is pictured above) starting April 1. But the 2,500 50-inch models and another 500 60-inch TVs will be the last Kuro products. Pioneer says they ...