Pioneer TVs Back! Sort of...

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Pioneer are going to launch a range of Sharp LCDs to replace the old Kuro plasmas, so purely a branding exercise to make sell cheap panels for more cash

Engadget Link

Engadget said:

It was a dark day when Pioneer announced its mighty Kuro HDTVs would be no more, but the Pioneer Elite brand still has significant cachet and will return in 2011 on new high end TVs. The bad news? They will be LCDs, not plasmas, manufactured by its partner Sharp, a not entirely surprising move since this was actually the original plan for the Kuro brand back in 2008. Apparently both see potential as Sharp will gain access to higher-end AV salesrooms and integrators for its products, while Pioneer will have TVs to match its continuing Pioneer Elite Blu-ray player and receiver lines. Despite an impressive local dimming demo at CES we're still not sure Sharp can create enough new pixels to replace what we once had, but we should find out for sure when the new models arrive the end of the year.

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Main problem with Pioneer kit is that it is't Hi-end enough. Blu-Ray players without DVD-Audio and SACD replay meant the people who would buy these units went elsewhere leaving Pioneer with players that look expensive compared to the OPPO sition