Pioneer says its latest Laserdisc player models DVL-919, CLD-R5, DVK-900, and DVL-K88 are all being closed out.

Streaming Entertainment Official: Pioneer kills off Laserdisc players News By Marc Chacksfield published 15 January 2009 Yes, you read that right and no, this isn't news from 1989 ...

Pioneer today announced in Tokyo that they will no longer manufacture LaserDisc players. The DVL-919, CLD-R5, DVK-900 and DVL-K88 are the last models available.

Yes, we're just as shocked and horrified to hear the news as you are, but it seems to be true. Pioneer, the last major electronics manufacturer to continue production of laserdisc players, has ...

Pioneer is finally letting go of its Laserdisc video format, declares cease production of the first commercially available optical disc storage medium for home video format since the late 80s ...

Cue sad music: LaserDisc format officially dead Pioneer--the last major electronics manufacturer to continue making LD players--has recently cut the lifeline of this antique video format.

This year Pioneer solved that problem. For slightly more than the price of a good CD-only player or the least expensive videodisc-only player, you can own a combi laserdisc/CD player.

But yesterday the same company (which manufactured the best hardware) issued a new press release , saying it still has some players in stock, the DVL-919 ($1,000, pictured on the left) and the CLD ...

We're not sure about how well the SACD (Super Audio CD) format is doing in Japan, but if it's anything like it is here in the US, then the iPod input on Pioneer Japan's PDX-Z10 SACD player will be ...