Tag archive: Pioneer

Pioneer used CES 2012 to show off its latest AppRadio 2 smartphone powered in-vehicle audio system. Not long ago, Pioneer released its AppRadio platform, giving Apple customers an on-board multimedia experience via their beloved phones. Now it appears that select Android phones (those that utilize MHL, or a micro HDMI connection) are getting some love too, with Pioneer's latest AppRadio 2 platform. Designed to utilize the power of your… Read More

Pioneer's CES press conference was a bit tamer than last year, but its goals are the same. Once again the company has used its conference time at the Consumer Electronics Show to highlight its recent and upcoming efforts in the car stereo industry. At the forefront of its efforts is its AppRadio platform, which launched last year for the iPhone. The platform will soon get an update. AppRadio 2 will be available in a couple months and… Read More

Disc burners can only get so small, but Pioneer thinks it has hit the threshold. The company has unveiled the BDR-XD04, the “world's smallest and lightest portable burner supporting BDXL currently available.” It measures only 5.2 inches by 5.2 inches, is only half an inch thick and weighs about half a pound. If you record at slower speeds, the unit can also be entirely powered by USB.It can read and write to all BDXL formats… Read More

While at CEDIA last week, we couldn't help but notice that several manufacturers were doing their best to make it known they had moved into the powered-speaker market. Monster Cable was sure to show off its Clarity HD Model 1, Paradigm was rocking the recently introduced Active Atom and now Pioneer, as it turns out, is calling attention to its take on the powered speaker.  One might naturally ask: How are these different from computer and… Read More

While Pioneer isn't announcing anything new specifically for the CEDIA Expo this year, we did get a chance to take a closer look at some of the new technologies the company recently announced. Among the more interesting of them is Pioneer's recent advances in Class-D digital amplification.  Reserved for the two models in the Elite SC line (the $2,000 SC-57 and $1,600 SC-55) Pioneer's “D3″ version of Class-D digital… Read More

AV gear-maker Pioneer was one of the first to roll out support for Apple's AirPlay technology with its AV receivers, and now the company is offering two new Music Tap speaker systems with Apple AirPlay support, so users can access their iTunes libraries just by connecting the Music Tap systems to their home networks. Plus, the systems support DLNA too (so users can pull in media from non-Apple sources), and the units can be controlled… Read More

Pioneer Electronics has announced a new series of water resistant earbuds aimed at folks who spend time in the great outdoors and lead active lifestyles where humidity, moisture, and sweat can quickly take a toll on headphones. The new SE-CL331 earbuds feature a water resistant design so users can easily rinse off the earbuds and make them good as new. “We've designed the new SE-CL331 headphones to be extremely versatile for use… Read More

Pioneer Electronics has announced new additions to its Pioneer Elite AV receiver line, expanding on the systems' ability to interact with other digital entertainment sources in the home (as well as on the Internet) while still serving as a high-quality hub for in-home audio and video. Most of the new receivers will support Apple AirPlay and DLNA so users can push media from their computers and favorite mobile devices to their home… Read More

One reason audiologists have been decrying the so-called “iPod generation” is that users of portable media players tend to wear them everywhere they go, turning up the volume louder and louder in order to block out sounds around them and focus on their music, podcasts, video, or what-have-you. Over time, all that earbud-blasting will take a toll on users' hearing. For some folks, a solution might be headphones like the new… Read More

Bloomberg is reporting that “two people familiar with the project” say Apple may license its AirPlay technology to allow streaming content from iOS devices to TVs. As it currently stands, AirPlay is only able to stream audio to select non-Apple devices, but the anonymous sources are suggesting it's interested in developing the technology to include video. TVs with full AirPlay compatibility could even be coming as soon as this year. The… Read More

Consumer electronics outfit Pioneer has unveiled four new A/V receivers aimed at the digital media market, including the first of a planned series of eight devices this year that will support Apple's AirPlay technology. The VSX-1021 AV receive functions as a 7.1 channel home theater receiver that enables users to push tunes from iTunes on their Mac or iOS device directly to the receiver via a wired or wireless home network. “Our… Read More

Sharp Electronics has announced it has licensed the Pioneer Elite brand and plans to launch a new line of high-end LCD HDTVs under the name in the U.S. and Canadian markets later this year. The move marks a resurrection for Pioneer televisions: Pioneer announced it was stopping production of its well-regarded Pioneer Elite Kuro plasma TVs back in 2008, and finally shut down all production last year to focus on home audio and in-vehicle… Read More

Pioneer makes a wide array of consumer electronics products, but you wouldn't know it from its CES press conference today. The company focused exclusively on its car stereo and accessories, putting its car division's director of marketing, Ted Cardenas, on the stand to make some minor announcements including additional social networking support, the launch of a new iPhone dock, and its own app platform. Pandora, Twitter, Facebook… Read More

Maybe just in time to catch the very tail-end of the holiday buying season, Pioneer Electronics has begun shipping its first 3D-capable Blu-ray players, the BDP-430 and two Pioneer Elite models, the BDP-41FD and BDP-43FD. All three players sport HDMI 1.4a output and support for the Blu-ray 3D format, and upconvert video from standard definition sources (you know, like ordinary DVDs) to 1080p with Pioneer's PureCinema image processing… Read More

A few years ago folks were all excited about Blu-ray media that could handle up to 50 GB of data on a dual-layer disc. However, the Blu-ray story doesn't end there, with the new BDXL triple- and quad-layer discs able to handle up to 100 GB and 128 GB, respectively—and electronics maker Pioneer is now shipping the BDR-206MBK, its first BDXL drive for PCs that can read and write BDXL media. The BDR-206MBK can handle traditional… Read More