Pioneer launches new KURO plasmas in Australia
by Darren Murph 
posted Jan 19th 2009 at 7:20AM
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Carl H @ Jan 19th 2009 12:05PM
What's up with this? Surely Pio did not really just launch Kuro 9G in Australia now, almost a year after they launched it in the rest of the world, or? Can Pio Oz really be *that* far behind?
Gus @ Jan 19th 2009 7:35PM
Actually, Australia and NZ ( and I live here on the beautiful Gold Coast) are often used as a testing ground for main stream products before launching elsewhere in the world so we often get products long before the rest of the world, then sometimes languish way behind in others.
For instance, we have the Panasonic blu ray 500GB player recorder that many in the USA will be waiting a long time for, if ever, yet the Pioneer is lagging behind here. Pioneer is very much a niche product though.
craig WB @ Jan 19th 2009 9:32PM
Oh wo hoo Australia, I live in New Zealand, nothing happens over here.