This from CEPro Magazine - New Custom Install Products from Pioneer

05.07.2008 — Pioneer is announcing a ton of new products, including two new Blu-ray players, two new Kuro plasmas, and four new A/V receivers. The BDP-51FD and Elite BDP-05FD are Profile 1.1 Blu-ray disc players, offering BonusView capabilities (but not Profile 2.0 BD-Live connectivity).

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Features include:

HDMI 1.3a
Dolby Digital Plus/Dolby TrueHD/DTS-HD(a)/DTS HD Master(a)
7.1 Channel Analog Output
Advanced Audio Bitstream
4 Wolfson Professional Audio DACs
The Elite player comes with gold plated connectors, an aluminum front panel and capacitance touch key buttons.

Pioneer is reaching out to the custom installation market with four new Elite Kuro monitors, the 50-inch PRO-111FD, 60-inch PRO-151FD, 50-inch Signature Series PRO-101FD and 60-inch Signature Series PRO-141FD.

“We identified a core need in the custom installation market to deliver unmatched KURO performance to a unique subset of discerning entertainment purists with a passion for entertainment,” says Russ Johnston, EVP of marketing and product planning, home entertainment business solutions group, Pioneer.

“Our Elite monitors are hand-selected to ensure the most pristine picture and premium performance associated with the KURO name and our Pioneer brand.”

All four monitors are 1080p models. The Elite units will be available in June, while the Signature Series models will ship in October and August (101-FD and 141-FD, respectively).

Kuro Plasmas, Projector Unveiled
Pioneer’s Kuro plasma TVs, with the goal of offering the deepest black levels possible, have two new models: the 50-inch PDP-5020FD and 60-inch PDP-6020FD

Both units are 1080p models. The new TVs are 3.7 inches thick, DLNA compliant and feature Pioneer’s Home Media Gallery functionality for networked connectivity. The 50- and 60-inch editions will be available in June.

Pioneer recently outlined its partnership with Panasonic, who will be providing panels for Kuro sets because of the high cost of in-house manufacturing.

The company also officially announced its Kuro projector, designed specifically for the custom installation market. The 1080p LCoS unit will support two HDMI 1.3 connections.

The projector will ship in June only through dealer channels. And if you didn't already guess, Foss-AVI handles Pioneer Electronics.