Channel expects price rises as Pioneer pulls out of TVs

by Scott Bicheno on 12 February 2009, 15:23

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As well as the nature of the global economy, the adverse market conditions also include a strengthening of the Yen against the dollar and a savagely competitive flat-screen TV market meaning all vendors are struggling. Pioneer also announced it would be cutting a further 6,000 permanent and 4,000 temporary staff on top of previous cuts.

An AV industry insider who wished to remain anonymous told HEXUS.channel that they are confident that Pioneer's existing five year warranty on its TVs will be maintained.

A supplementary statement from Pioneer appears to confirm that: "Naturally we will continue to guarantee the reputable quality of our products. This also means that the after-sale service will be fully maintained so that all customers will be able to continue to benefit from the applicable Pioneer warranties. In other words, you can continue to count on Pioneer."

The same insider suggested that we could well see the prices of Pioneer plasmas, which are reside in the premium end of the market, could well go up as people rush to get hold of one before they go out of circulation.

Pioneer's departure will leave a gap at the top end of the display market. While consumer sentiment remains cautious there may be no great rush to fill it but eventually new vendors and perhaps new technologies, like OLED, are expected to step into the breach.

 



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Such a shame.

Pioneer produced the best picture quality displays. The kuro screens are incredible, have a google. The terrible lcd alternatives available by other manufacturers just cant compare. The price of course was not great.

If you go into a high street store today 90% of the screens available display a lcd picture far worse than a good old crt.. I wonder how long it will take now for them to catch up especially now the better quality alternatives are going. It seams we are taking a huge leap back in time regards to image quality.

RIP.
Yes they were fantastic but as you said were significantly more expensive than the excellent Panasonic plasmas eg TH46PZ80B £770.49 inc VAT and 5 year warranty
And if you go in a high street store I bet the 90% of bad pictures could be improved on ten fold if they were setup correctly!
LCD's don't always provide a better picture, but believe me, my lcd has a better picture most of the time as it get's used as a htpc display, xbox 360, Wii, dvd and Sky HD……can't remember many HD CRT's can you?
3dcandy
And if you go in a high street store I bet the 90% of bad pictures could be improved on ten fold if they were setup correctly!
LCD's don't always provide a better picture, but believe me, my lcd has a better picture most of the time as it get's used as a htpc display, xbox 360, Wii, dvd and Sky HD……can't remember many HD CRT's can you?

There are a few, I have an old 28“ 1080i (over component) capable JVC p37 in my bedroom. Both Panasonic and JVC had 36” 1080i crt's.
not exactly a great many is it though?
my point is that tv's hardly ever look their best in a high street shop….