Pioneer to exit TV Manufacturing

[spiderman]

Looks like the global downturn is now taking its casualty in the consumer electronic business -

Report: Pioneer to exit TV business | Business Tech - CNET News

Gizmodo UK : Pioneer May Exit TV Market

Spiderman

 

[John]

Sad, I wanted to have a Pioneer Kuro one day.

 

[adder]

Sad, I wanted to have a Pioneer Kuro one day.

well u can always buy a OLED one day,and conventional backlight lcds from late this year or next year would mostly surpass the slight contrast advantage the kuro had.

 

[marsilians]

Sad, I wanted to have a Pioneer Kuro one day.

You can still buy one atleast in N America & EU for a while.

 

[marsilians]

I think this is a sign the high end Plasma market is lacking sufficient returns. At the same time , the manufacturers might have hit a glass ceiling with the technology in terms of feature set. The Elite Kuro are probably the best plasmas built thus far but Pioneer holds such a small market share that it might not have made sense to be very diversified.

Looks like the global downturn is now taking its casualty in the consumer electronic business -

Report: Pioneer to exit TV business | Business Tech - CNET News

Gizmodo UK : Pioneer May Exit TV Market

Spiderman