According to the influential Japanese newspaper Nikkei, Pioneer will go to market flat panel televisions, and a final decision on this matter will be announced shortly. Despite the phenomenal success enjoyed by plasma TVs in a series of KURO, Pioneer has suffered heavy losses (over 1.03 billion U.S. dollars) for the last time, so, starting in March last year, the company management intensively considering all options to make it a profitable business .
As you know, last year, the famous Japanese company has decided to cease production of own plasma panels and use panels from Panasonic, in their TVs. In addition, Pioneer also announced that henceforth the company will produce not only the plasma, but LCD TV panels to Sharp. However, as the Nikkei claims Pioneer Book now seriously considering to withdraw from the market of flat panel TVs and create an alliance with Sharp, to engage in the production of Blu-ray and DVD players, as well as home theater systems based on them.
It is necessary to stack, in an interview with Pioneer US Gearlog representative stated that since March last year, the management company really consider all the options to make its business profitable. However, she refrained from commenting about the article published yesterday on the Nikkei. In this connection, it is worth recalling that at CES'09 Pioneer demonstrated only a system based on Blu-ray, but the new models of television sets, it never showed.
While difficult to say how reliable information from the Nikkei, but Pioneer withdrawal from the market flat panel televisions will be accepted by users and is very painful. In this connection, it is worth recalling that the model has a plasma TV KURO Elite 111FD (pictured) is considered a benchmark for all flat panel TVs, whether LCD or plasma TV. PravdaYu in recent times, some experts claim that laser TVs from Mitsubishi LaserVue supposedly able to provide better quality images. Nevertheless, one can say with confidence that the KURO has been and remains among the best models in this market segment.
As you know, last year, the famous Japanese company has decided to cease production of own plasma panels and use panels from Panasonic, in their TVs. In addition, Pioneer also announced that henceforth the company will produce not only the plasma, but LCD TV panels to Sharp. However, as the Nikkei claims Pioneer Book now seriously considering to withdraw from the market of flat panel TVs and create an alliance with Sharp, to engage in the production of Blu-ray and DVD players, as well as home theater systems based on them.
It is necessary to stack, in an interview with Pioneer US Gearlog representative stated that since March last year, the management company really consider all the options to make its business profitable. However, she refrained from commenting about the article published yesterday on the Nikkei. In this connection, it is worth recalling that at CES'09 Pioneer demonstrated only a system based on Blu-ray, but the new models of television sets, it never showed.
While difficult to say how reliable information from the Nikkei, but Pioneer withdrawal from the market flat panel televisions will be accepted by users and is very painful. In this connection, it is worth recalling that the model has a plasma TV KURO Elite 111FD (pictured) is considered a benchmark for all flat panel TVs, whether LCD or plasma TV. PravdaYu in recent times, some experts claim that laser TVs from Mitsubishi LaserVue supposedly able to provide better quality images. Nevertheless, one can say with confidence that the KURO has been and remains among the best models in this market segment.
