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Pioneer Confirms BDP-51FD and Elite BDP-05FD Profile 1.1 Blu-ray Players; "Super-Duper" BD-Live Player Coming This Fall

When the other Blu-ray heavies Sony, Panasonic and Samsung are in various stages of introducing Ethernet-equipped BD-Live players (aka BD Profile 2.0), Pioneer comes out with two players, the $600 BDP-51FD and the $800 Elite BDP-05FD, that meet just the 1.1 spec, for picture-in-picture BonusView content. We heard about it via a reliable leak, but now we've got models, pricing and another interesting confirmation: Pioneer's Blu-ray marketing manager Chris Walker tells us that the company will launch a BD-Live player, in fact, a "super-duper flagship-status piece," this fall. More »

9:00 AM on Wed May 7 2008
By Wilson Rothman
3,977 views, 7 comments

Latest by heroineworshipper: Guess that means the Sony player won't support Spec Revision 2 either. more »

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Pioneer's 2008 Blu-ray Player Line Leaked

A source tells us that in May, Pioneer will announce two new Blu-ray players, including the Elite BDP-05FD you see above. Surprisingly, they won't be Profile 2.0, just 1.1 (so PIP but no Ethernet), but they will have some other talents: More »

1:40 PM on Wed Apr 16 2008
By Wilson Rothman
6,569 views, 16 comments

Latest by heroineworshipper: It's not Spec 2.0 compliant, but U can be sure the software rewrite they're doing instead is management ego compliant. more »

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Pioneer Unveils Elite BDP-95FD Blu-ray Player

Pioneer's new Elite Blu-ray player, the $1,000 BDP-95FD, is geared to audiophiles as much as it is aimed at videophiles: In addition to HDMI 1.3a and x.v.ycc color, it has bitstream output of even the highest audio codecs, including DTS HD Master Audio. In other words, if you just bought one of the latest, most kick-ass A/V receivers, you might actually be able to use its audio decoders. More »

10:07 AM on Thu Sep 6 2007
By Mark Wilson
5,725 views, 7 comments

Latest by austek: Missing out on the benefits of the extended xvYCC color gamut because of not having HDMI v1.3 is a real problem. You miss out on more realistic images. [www.presentationtek.com] more »