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ENGADGET: Pioneer's 3D Blu-ray compatible, Netflix streaming player triumvirate now shipping

The product's OLED device, jointly developed between Mitsubishi Electric and Tohoku Pioneer Corporation, creates light by a process of electro-luminescence (EL).

ENGADGET: Mitsubishi's huge, modular OLED display set to go on sale worldwide on September 21

Its parent company, Pioneer Corporation, is a preeminent manufacturer of high-performance audio, video and computer equipment for the home, car and business markets and is celebrating 75 years of innovation in the consumer electronics industry.

ENGADGET: Pioneer announces iPhone 5 connectivity kits for AppRadio 2 and friends

SmartCradle is a trademark of Pioneer Corporation.

ENGADGET: Pioneer announces Aha Radio partnership, plans for app domination

Consider the ignoble end of that pioneer of minicomputers, Digital Equipment Corporation.

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