CES 2009 - Pioneer press conference - cancelled

**Phil Hinton** · 07-01-2009, 5:09 PM

Pioneer US have cancelled their show press conference, no details as to why this is the case, a spokewoman when asked said, "I don't know why it's cancelled". Bit of insightful journalism for you. We will track down Pioneer tomorrow on the show floor when CES officially opens.....

kingfats · 07-01-2009, 5:41 PM

That is strange

wonder why they cancelled?

*sampo* · 07-01-2009, 5:42 PM

I haven't seen Pioneer on cesweb's press event schedule at all.

**mabo** · 07-01-2009, 6:04 PM

I do hope this isn't a sign of things to come from CES.

Pecker · 07-01-2009, 6:54 PM

It's like Toshiba last year, all over again.

Steve W

preludecrazy · 07-01-2009, 7:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pecker

It's like Toshiba last year, all over again.

Steve W

Just what I was thinking!

I've been waiting months to see what they got to say...(mainly Kuro based).

**Phil Hinton** · 07-01-2009, 8:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sampo

I haven't seen Pioneer on cesweb's press event schedule at all.

Yeah, its changed on the website, but quite a few of us where lined up waiting for it to happen, the show organisers can't say why and we can't get hold of anyone either. It's the most requested information here in the press room, but its only 12.30 here, so still time to find out what was behind it. It could be anything so, not drawing any conclusions on no information.

Hades · 07-01-2009, 11:27 PM

Massive discounts on the Kuros before Xmas and now a cancelled press conference.

Lets hope its not bad news.

jw250 · 08-01-2009, 3:37 AM

This is bad practice from Pioneer. There are lots of us either wanting to buy their product or are actively specifying/quoting/selling it. They need to tidy this up please. This is not a time to make people nervous about product availability.

**Ian_S** · 08-01-2009, 6:02 AM

Found this...

Ces 2009: Pioneer Drops Below $300 with BD-Live Blu-ray Player; Crazy Vid Tweaks on Step-Up Models

murfy100 · 08-01-2009, 12:04 PM

That is cheap for a Pioneers BD-Live Blu-ray $300 = £200 @ todays' rates.
Can you get more details of product launch in UK please.

hopeless · 08-01-2009, 4:46 PM

any more info on the press conference?

cheers

rszee · 08-01-2009, 7:55 PM

i have a link to pioneer USA CES info, don't know if its old news or not

Pioneer USA - CES 2009

hopeless · 08-01-2009, 8:49 PM

according to pcmag, pioneer have announced their press conference. looks like no tvs but av receivers and blu ray players

Pioneer: Blu-ray, Not TVs, Is Company's CES Focus - News and Analysis by PC Magazine

**mabo** · 08-01-2009, 10:56 PM

I was hoping to hear something about the pricing of their new BD players - sub $400 could prove better value than the Oppo.

scrapbook · 10-01-2009, 9:23 AM

It will be interesting to see if their new budget blu-ray player has source direct

**Phil Hinton** · 14-01-2009, 8:14 AM

Official reply received from Pioneer HQ in Japan,

Quote:

"In the past CES has given us the platform to showcase conceptual products and introduce new models and ranges. This year the CES show timing did not align with Pioneer's overall product launch schedule. In light of the
current economic climate, it was decided that holding a press conference was not the best use of our resource. Pioneer is currently consolidating its marketing strategy around our product launch schedule and will be investing in summer 2009 launch activities."

Also, I caught up with some American collegues covering the show and they had been told in advance about Pioneer not holding their usual press conference. It seems that those of us who where well planned and organised, missed the fact it had been withdrawn from the listings.