"Yeah, it's ironic that the Pioneer store will be populated by Panasonic panels..." is not correct. In this FY, 9G panels will be 100% R&D, manufactured and assembled in Pioneer facilities by Pioneer engineers. In the next FY, Matsushita and Pioneer will merge their two PDP divisions and jointly develop panels used for plasma displays. Pioneer and Panasonic will both use identical panels, but both companies will develop independently of one another their own drivers and processors in order to maintain a clear distinction between the lines.
Rolf Hawkins National Trainer Home Entertainment & Business Solutions Group Pioneer Electronic (USA), Inc.
Rolf -- thanks for making that clear. I didn't mean to imply that Panasonic branded displays would be at the Pioneer store, which is why I put the link on "Panasonic" to a story indicating exactly that. By the time these stores go live, the partnership should be getting underway (if not already underway), and believe me, we're all anxious to see that generation of Kuro, too! Look around and you'll see we get beat up for being Kuro fanboys around here (in our defense, we get to see things like the CES Project Kuro demo that most readers don't).
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Rolf Hawkins @ May 19th 2008 12:43PM
"Yeah, it's ironic that the Pioneer store will be populated by Panasonic panels..." is not correct. In this FY, 9G panels will be 100% R&D, manufactured and assembled in Pioneer facilities by Pioneer engineers. In the next FY, Matsushita and Pioneer will merge their two PDP divisions and jointly develop panels used for plasma displays. Pioneer and Panasonic will both use identical panels, but both companies will develop independently of one another their own drivers and processors in order to maintain a clear distinction between the lines.
Rolf Hawkins
National Trainer
Home Entertainment & Business Solutions Group
Pioneer Electronic (USA), Inc.
Steven Kim @ May 19th 2008 2:34PM
Rolf -- thanks for making that clear. I didn't mean to imply that Panasonic branded displays would be at the Pioneer store, which is why I put the link on "Panasonic" to a story indicating exactly that. By the time these stores go live, the partnership should be getting underway (if not already underway), and believe me, we're all anxious to see that generation of Kuro, too! Look around and you'll see we get beat up for being Kuro fanboys around here (in our defense, we get to see things like the CES Project Kuro demo that most readers don't).