All about: Pioneer televisions

Pioneer Electronics Corporation was first founded in 1936, by Nozomu Matsumoto under the name of Fukuin Shokai Denki Seisakusho. This article provides an overview on Pioneer televisions.

Plasma television

History of televisions In 1938, Matsumoto moved his company Tokyo, where he began to gain a reputation for his skill, as a radio and speaker repairman. Soon, repairing existing audio systems was not enough. Matsumoto, with the help of his brother, began to manufacture audio systems as well as repair them. This led to other innovations, such as the laser disc and DVD. In 1997, Pioneer introduced the first-ever wide-screen, high-definition television. Unfortunately for TV lovers everywhere, Pioneer stopped manufacturing televisions in 2010.
Plasma television The first television for which Pioneer is known is the Plasma television. In 1997, it introduced the first wide-screen 50 inch Plasma TV.
Format The format of the TV is 16:9 with a resolution of 1024 x 768. The Elite TV can accept signals from 1080i, as well as, below something, which other plasma TVs at that time, would not. The TV can accept NTSC signals as well as ATSC. Pioneer kuros TV
The newer version of the Pioneer HDTV was the Pioneer kuros TV. The kuros line comes in 50 to 60 inch TVs. This means that the Pioneer kuros TV can, according to one site, "automatically analyses, and adjusts audio and video settings, according to specific room light conditions and type of light and colour." The kuros line also features a resolution of 1080p.

Rear projection television

The other Pioneer TV, for which the company, was known was the rear projection or CRT lens TV.
Features of this television This television, like the plasma TVs, had a wide screen: 64 inches. It also had a resolution of 1080p. According to one CNET, the TV brought "[t]otal cinema-style entertainment in the comfort of your own home." Used with an HDTV The rear projection could be used with an HDTV tuner, allowing you to take full advantage of the HDTV capacity. Input formats
The rear projection TV was capable of showing input formats, ranging from 15.75 to 33.75kHz, and converts it to 31.5 to 33.75kHz. This means that it was able to make the lesser formats look better, as well as, display the better formats in HD. The Pioneer TV had dual scan capacity.