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• Pioneer plans two new 1080p monsters with monstrous price tags

  Published: August 3, 2007, 2:04 am

  Tags: High Definition Telivisions, Plasmas, Pioneer, Matsushita

  Last year, Pioneer rolled out its new 7G HD-ready plasma TVs at IFA 2006 and now, the company has plans to do some justice with the quarterly loss for April-June by launching new 50- and 60-inch full high-definition plasma sets. Both the models will be able to recreate deeper blacks than conventional models. While the company s close rival

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• TVs: Panasonic Announces "Affordable" 1080p Plasma TVs

  Published: September 6, 2007, 11:41 am

  Tags: Cedia07, Home Entertainment, Lcds, Panasonic, Plasmas, Th 42pz77, Th 50pz77, Tvs, Westinghouse

  42-inch and 50-inch class Plasmas have SRPs of $1799.95 and $2799.95 respectively. The introduction of the PZ77 series increases Panasonic's already deep line of 1080p Plasmas to eight - the widest selection of Plasma TVs in the industry - and further demonstrates Panasonic's industry leadership and cutting edge technology in big screen

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• Home Entertainment: Samsung's still the world leader in TV sets. ...

  Published: September 25, 2007, 6:28 pm

  Tags: Home Entertainment, Isuppli, Plasmas, Samsung, Tvs

  Samsung's still the world leader in TV sets. iSuppli reports they're doing 12.4% of the market, globally, in the April to June quarter. LG and Philips are next wtih 11.4 and 7.1%. For some perspective: Cathode ray TVs are projected to still have 38% of shipments in 2009. Crazy, I know. [Yahoo!]

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• TVs: Home Theater Mag Calls Pioneer Elite Kuro 110-FD Plasma "Greatest Flat Panel Ever"

  Published: October 2, 2007, 11:49 am

  Tags: 110 Fd, Home Entertainment, Home Theater Magazine, Kuro, Lcds, Pioneer, Pioneer Elite, Plasmas, Tvs

  Home Theater Magazine's Geoff Morrison is calling the Pioneer Elite Kuro 110-FD plasma TV the "greatest flat panel ever." Here are the highlights: • Black level is "lower than any other flat panel we've ever measured." • "Full-on/full-off contrast ratio...is nearly double that of the next best flat panel." • Watching Pirates of

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• State-of-the-art $100K Five-in-One home theater

  Published: November 1, 2007, 3:04 am

  Tags: Five In One Home Theater, Draper Screen, Samsung Plasmas

  Naveen: So, we have seen the awe-inspiring home theater set-ups lately, including the Death Star Theater, Titanic home theater, Star Trek home theater, Indiana Jones-themed home theater, Goldmund Media Room, and the $3.4 million In-house cinema. Here comes a Five-in-One home theater, a state-of-the-art built by builder Aaron Vitale of Vital

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• Shinoda Plasma's 86-inch display binds four 43-inch panels

  Published: November 3, 2007, 2:14 am

  Tags: Shinoda Plasma Corp, Lcds, Plasmas

  Naveen: Shinoda Plasma Corp. of Japan lately announced to roll out monster-sized 142-inch plasma TV in the second half of 2008. Now, the company has taken wraps off its 86-inch (2 x 1m) prototype display module. The prototype, exhibited at CEATEC JAPAN 2007, comprises a total of four 43-inch panels attached with one another. While the existing

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• 1080p TVs Never Deliver 1080p Motion, But Some Do Better Than Others [Home Entertainment]

  Published: November 16, 2007, 8:42 am

  Tags: 1080p, Flat Panels, Gary Merson, Hitachi, Home Entertainment, Lcds, Panasonic, Plasmas, Resolution, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, Tvs

  360-line motion res. The plasmas did the best on the test. The two Panasonics tested (50PZ700 and 50PZ750) scored full 1080 when still, and 880 when moving. A Samsung plasma (FPT5084) got high marks with 1080 static and 830 motion res. (Note: the test Merson used was from Hitachi, a leader in plasma technology, so plasma scoring higher is no

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• The Tech in a Pioneer's Kuro Plasma in About 50 Words [10 Second Tech Primer]

  Published: November 18, 2007, 2:13 am

  Tags: 10 Second Tech Primer, 1080p, Hdtv, Hdtvs, Home Entertainment, Kuro, Pioneer, Plasmas

  A concise and elegant description of the tech that makes Pioneer's Kuro blacker, from Pop Sci this month: "Each tiny cell in the [plasma] screen must be primed with an electric charge so it's ready to fire up quickly, and that charge turns blacks slightly gray. Pioneer designed cells that require far less charge...Then it added a screen filter

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• Tow Hitch TV Adds Class To Your Pickup [Tow On This!]

  Published: November 29, 2007, 9:37 am

  Tags: Lcds, Plasmas, Tow Hitch, Tow On This

  It's a familiar scenario: you've got a spare plasma that your girlfriend won't let you put next to your new, bigger flat panel. Whatareyagonnado? Easy: a $200 tow-hitch TV mount. Sure, it means you'll have to pass up on the tow-hitch tailgate hammock seats and Hitch Critter motorized redneck bait, both available at SkyMall for the price of your

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• LG Sneak Peeks Spring 2008 LCD and Plasma Line with 120Hz, Wi-Fi and New Looks [TVs]

  Published: December 7, 2007, 3:55 pm

  Tags: 120hz, Flat Panel, Home Entertainment, Lcds, Lg30, Lg50, Lg70, Lg71, Pg20, Pg30, Plasmas, Tvs, Wi Fi, Wireless

  On a snowy day in North Jersey, LG decided the time was right to introduce most of the LCD and plasma TVs it would be showcasing at CES. The hotshot model was the LG70 LCD featuring a 20,000:1 contrast ratio, four HDMI 1.3 jacks, USB 2.0 for pictures and MP3s, and Wi-Fi (in its LG71 variation). The leading plasma is the PG30, shown above.

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• The Weight Is Over: Extra-Thin TVs Hit the Scales [TVs]

  Published: January 25, 2008, 4:18 pm

  Tags: Ces 2008, Feature, Hitachi, Jvc, Lcds, Lg Philips, Panasonic, Pioneer, Plasmas, Samsung, Sharp, Top, Tvs

  This year's CES TV competition wasn't about how big TVs could be, but how thin they could get. Samsung, JVC, Hitachi, Panasonic, Sharp, Pioneer and developer LG.Philips were all showing off their rendition of belt-tightening in the flat-panel age. Some of you perceptively noted that up against a wall, inside a cabinet or on a stand, a 1" thick TV

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• Pioneer Calls Plasma Biz Reports "Inaccurate" [TVs]

  Published: March 5, 2008, 9:56 pm

  Tags: Home Entertainment, Kuro, Lcds, Panasonic, Pioneer, Plasmas, Tvs

  Regarding recent stories that Pioneer may cease manufacturing its own plasma TVs, and presumably in doing so kill off the critically acclaimed Kuro TV line, the company's North American division has this to say:The current press coverage was not released by Pioneer so it may be misleading and contains many inaccuracies.The statement

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• Panasonic THX Display Certified Viera TH-50PZ800U New King of Plasmas (for Now) [Plasma]

  Published: May 28, 2008, 8:10 pm

  Tags: Hdtv, Kuro, Panasonic, Pioneer, Plasma, Plasmas, Viera

  "one of the best-performing plasmas" Cnet has tested, even though the blacks (while very good) still aren't at Kuro level. And of course, this isn't compared to the new super-thin, super-black Kuros rolling out later this year. So enjoy the crown while you've got it, Panny. [Cnet]

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• Panasonic Reprices PZ850 Flagship 65" Net-Connected Plasma: Now Only $7,000 [CEDIA 2008]

  Published: September 3, 2008, 4:11 pm

  Tags: Cedia 2008, Cedia, Cedia08, Panasonic, Plasmas, Pz850, Th 58pz850, Th 65pz850

  flagship connected plasmas from the beginning, first at CES and then later when pricing was announced. Today at CEDIA they've bumped pricing down, and confirmed availability for this month. The 65-inch TH-65PZ850 will sell for $7,000 (we reported it earlier at $8000), while the 58-incher will sell for an even $4,000, down $300 from the

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