Pioneer team up with Sharp

[Sixx]

I've never been a very big Sharp fan, but I loved the Pioneers. Maybe this team will produce some competitive displays? What do you all think?

http://hometheaterreview.com/sharp-l...te-brand-name/

[HD Man]

I was, still am, a big fan of the older Pioneer Elite line of goods. From what I understand, Pioneer, which used to make the best plasma sets out there, sold their patents/technology to Panasonic. Now with Sharp basically gobbling up the remains of Pioneer, I can only reason that if your a fan of Sharp LCD products, you'll be happy with the new line since Pioneer never dabbled in the LCD business.

I know Sharp sets push the addition of a "fourth" sub-pixal yellow in addition to red, blue, and green, but if this was that noticeable an improvement, wouldn't other manufacturers jump on this bandwagon?

I think this is one of those wait and see situations...

[Sixx]

Didn't the Pioneer/Panasonic partnership fall through?

I guess we never know what is possible here. When I bought my TV 4years ago, Panasonic wasn't even in the top 5. But according to my research, they are #1 now. Maybe Sharp/Pioneer can come up with something. I'm not much of an LCD fan, but they have made improvements!

[Alan Brown]

This development is strictly a marketing ploy. Some manufacturers will stoop to anything to try and fool consumers into buying their TV over others' products. The yellow pixel fiasco is proof of that. They have added to the vast array of confusion and misinformation about the fundamental nature of video quality. Why TV manufacturers don't just stick to delivering the best image fidelity possible for a given price repeatedly annoys me. I want my TV to look as much like a professional video mastering monitor as possible, not some pop/wow/ultra-thin/super-yellow/hot/new/cool/jazzed-up/elite distortion of what a video display's picture is supposed to look like.

H. L. Mencken nailed it decades ago when he said, "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." An ignorant consumer is a pliable one. Many video manufacturers repeatedly demonstrate that they lack the motivation to actually educate consumers about what universally standardized video quality is. They have apparently concluded that ignorance, deception, and confusion will sell more product for them.

Best regards and beautiful pictures,
Alan Brown, President
CinemaQuest, Inc.
A Lion AV Consultants Affiliate

"Advancing the art and science of electronic imaging"

[dobyblue]

Originally Posted by Sixx

I've never been a very big Sharp fan, but I loved the Pioneers. Maybe this team will produce some competitive displays? What do you all think?

http://hometheaterreview.com/sharp-l...te-brand-name/

Sharp LCD with Pioneer Elite name on it. It will be NOTHING like a Pioneer PDP.

Originally Posted by Sixx

Didn't the Pioneer/Panasonic partnership fall through?

No, Pioneer sold their PDP patents to Panasonic when they departed the display business.

http://pioneer.jp/corp/ir/library/an.../pdf/2009e.pdf

Page 50:

"b. Transfer of Patents for Plasma Display Panels to Panasonic Corporation

The Company resolved to transfer its patents for plasma display panels and modules to Panasonic Corporation at the Board of Directors’ meeting held on April 28, 2009. The two companies had executed the agreement on May 15, 2009. This constitutes part of the business restructuring effort in accordance with plans for a full withdrawal from the display business."

Originally Posted by HD Man

I know Sharp sets push the addition of a "fourth" sub-pixal yellow in addition to red, blue, and green, but if this was that noticeable an improvement, wouldn't other manufacturers jump on this bandwagon?

Yes they would. The reason they don't is that the video signals are all RGB, so if there's no "Y" information in the source, what's the point? Alan is right, Sharp shows just how much they think of the consumer by coming up with Quattron technology.

[stevo]

I was hoping Pioneer Elite would re launch their tv's on their own