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Pioneer Busts a Move with STEEZ Audio Gear

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Pioneer already has a bunch of DJ gear that is aimed at professional music-makers. The company has now announced some new gear that is aimed at the people dancing to music too. The new line of audio gear is called STEEZ and is targeted at the sort of folks that…

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October 20th, 2011 by: Shane McGlaun

LEGO Pioneer DJ Music Player: Block Blockin’ Beats

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Pioneer Electronics has been in the business of making audio gear for decades now. When I was a kid my dad had a Pioneer stereo in the house. These days Pioneer makes all sorts of car audio gear like the cool AppRadio we saw a while back, and also makes…

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July 21st, 2011 by: Shane McGlaun

Pioneer AppRadio Gets Hands on Treatment

I have been parked in my car on many occasions looking down at the small screen of my iPhone watching Netflix or Hulu. I generally always wish I had a larger screen to watch on. Back in April, I talked a bit about a new radio from Pioneer for your…

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May 26th, 2011 by: Shane McGlaun

Pioneer AppRadio: iPhone Meets Car Stereo

I use my iPhone all the time in the car, particularly while I sit outside waiting for my kids to come out of school. I have on more than one occasion thought that I need some sort of radio or screen in my car that will let me shoot that…

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April 27th, 2011 by: Shane McGlaun

Sharp to License Pioneer Elite Brand for TVs in US and Canada

Pioneer Electronics has a line of high-end gear that it sells under its Elite brand. That gear has Blu-ray players and AV receivers among other things and all of the gear is high-end and expensive. The line at one point had produced TVs as well, but those were discontinued.…

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January 30th, 2011 by: Shane McGlaun

Pioneer’s Cool Cordless Phone for People Who Still Have a Landline…. in Japan

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Ah, landlines! Do they still exist? I thought we were in the future already. Well, people might still think that they have landlines, but a lot of users are now happy with their cellphones and VOIP handsets offered by Internet and cable companies instead of Ma Bell.…

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January 3rd, 2011 by: Range

Pioneer 5.1 Home Theater Does Away With Receiver Box

Pioneer HTP-LX70 Home Theater Surround System

The latest surround sound system from Pioneer gets rid of the typical “receiver/amp” module that most home theater systems require. From what I can tell, they’ve hidden all the amplification and hookups inside of the subwoofer.

The Pioneer HTP-LX70 system features a standalone control “pod” which has a bright backlit…

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August 2nd, 2007 by: Technabob

Pioneer Rolls Out New Plasma Tv Lineup

Pioneer PDP-5080HD Plasma Display

Pioneer today revealed a series of eight new plasma televisions, ranging ins size from 40 inches up to 60 inches. The new sets feature improved display panels which are said to offer 80% darker blacks than prior sets, as well as improved color rendition.

The lineup ranges in price from…

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May 9th, 2007 by: Technabob

Pioneer Elite Bdp-94hd Blu-ray Player Announced

Pioneer BDP-94HD Blu-ray player

Pioneer today revealed their latest Blu-ray disc player, the Elite BDP-94HD.

The BDP-94HD is a true second-generation Blu-ray player, featuring such niceties as CEC to control other devices control over HDMI cable. The player also has full support for Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus 7.1 channel audio. In addition,…

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May 9th, 2007 by: Technabob

Pioneer Music Tap: Home Audio System Cuts the Cords

Pioneer Music Tap Powerline Audio

Pioneer Japan is showing off this new music system that can send audio signals to remote speakers around your house. Rather than using more modern wireless technologies like Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, Pioneer opted to use power line signal transmission, to reduce the likelihood of over-the-air interference, and to simplify configuration.…

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February 28th, 2007 by: Technabob

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