| Discover the new Elite® BDP-05FD BonusViewTM Blu-ray Disc Player. A Blu-ray Disc® Player that delivers entertainment so rich, so pure, so powerful and so completely different - the way you think about home entertainment will be forever changed.
Open your eyes to a taste of visual perfection. Experience mystery, drama, action and suspense with spectacular 1080p picture quality, providing up to 1920 x 1080p resolution that enables every movie you watch to appear just as the director intended.
Surrender your heart to amazing entertainment. Set your sights on a single-wire connection so technologically advanced, now one HDMI® digital connection is all you need to output both HD audio and video signals to your HDMI-capable A/V receiver or HD flat panel.
Experience entertainment of unequaled measure courtesy of a Picture Control Suite with 13 different video adjustments and BonusView Support that allows you to watch both Blu-ray Disc movies and bonus features at the same time.
Now everything you see and hear can be felt in completely new ways with WolfsonTM Audio DACs, featuring a signal-to-noise ratio of 117db, providing the purest, most pristine music and movie soundtrack performance, and an exclusive Jitter Reduction Circuit that utilizes a Pioneer-developed IC to digitally reshape the waveform of the audio clock. The Pioneer Elite BDP-05FD reduces jitter in all content.
Enter a world of both cosmetic and technological synergy where the beauty and brains of multiple Pioneer Elite products combine, bringing you an audio experience never before thought possible. When pairing this player with an Elite SC-05 or SC-07 Receiver, you'll experience an absolute jitter-free audio transmission from CD content with PQLS. Enjoy audio in its purest form as it consumes your aural senses in ways never before imagined. |
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 Exceptional player |
| Review Date: November 16, 2008 |
| Reviewer: John, San Antonio, TX |
I have been holding out on purchasing a blue ray until after the format war was settled between blue ray and the Toshiba HD DVD. Now that I have it, I'm not sure what I did without one! This thing is awesome!
So you probably realize that the blue ray format is great before you read this... So, let me tell you why I picked this unit.
1. start up. This until starts up very quickly. In fact I couldn't believe how long it took other brands to boot. Boot time is not a problem with this one.
2. Upconverting. I took a regular Lord of the Rings DVD into the local retailer and tested the upconversions. It is my opinion that this Pioneer had the best upconversion in the store.
It's not a cheap player, but if you have a lot of regular DVD's, you'll appreciate paying the extra bucks to be able to watch instead of replacing your entire collection. What I found though is that newer DVD releases still convert and look better than older releases. I watched one of my oldest DVD's last night, Pulp Fiction, and I must admit that it didn't look as good on this setup as it did on my old set up.
For reference, I have this player hooked up to a Pioneer KURO PRO-111FD. It's a great combination. |
If I could give 6 stars i would
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| Review Date: April 15, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Shmeg McGee, Los Angeles |
| AMAZING picture quality! fast load times and no lag. The MAIN reason I love this player is the firmware updates are MAC COMPATIBLE! I had to throw out my Sony because their firmware updates were only PC. That made it useless after about three months (wouldn't play ANY Blue Rays) Not to mention the fact that I could cook dinner before the damn thing powered up and started playing. The Pioneer is worth every penny. You will not regret this purchase. |
angelo
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| Review Date: April 29, 2009 |
| Reviewer: angelo labbruzzo, USA |
| This blu ray is so quite, the picure quality& sound is superb, it goes great with the SC07 pioneer elite av receiver, get it you wont regreat it , angelo |
Fantastic player
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| Review Date: May 1, 2009 |
| Reviewer: C. Peralta, Tucson,Az |
| Great player recommend it to everyone, it boots up a little faster then my Sony 300 picture quality is great. I have always loved pioneer product and have nothing to bad to say about this Fantastic player. |
Best bluray player you can get for Video/Audio quality!
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| Review Date: October 25, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Alex B, Canada |
I posted this review for Oppo, which I repeat here as I first bought Oppo but then after these tests moved to this Elite and I can't be happier!
Ok, so I got carried away like all others with Oppo features, and fan-boy reviews... ordered one and started using it.
Since I am a bit of a Hifi guy, I asked my buddy to bring his blu-ray to do a back to back comparison to a Pioneer Elite BDP-05, connected to an Elite Plasma Kurp 9G, and here's what we found:
Speed: Oppo is fast! In most cases it was 25% or more faster than Pioneer. So, Oppo: +1
Blu-ray Video: Pioneer Bluray picture quality was MUCH BETTER with similar setting at 1080P! I was quite disappointed to see that! Pio +1
DVD: Oppo looked a bit better in DVD upscaling at 1080p, however the best upscaling was the Plasma TV at 480i! So, if you got a Pioneer Elite Plasma both are equal, if not Opp +2.
Audio: Pioneer analog out is just GREAT! Much more clarity and definition as it has great DAC. Pio: +2
Build Quality: Pioneer BY A MILE, I mean it looks, feels, and operates as a more expensive unit. Oppo just looks and feels cheap and doesn't look the price it costs! Pio +3
Remote/User Interface: Again Pioneer wins hands down! Pio +4
Total Score:
Pio +4 - Opp +2
So, overall, I was quite disappointed in Oppo (maybe expected too much) at $500, returned it and bought the BDP-05FD on sale for the same price. If you care ONLY for speed of disk loading and operation, and do not have a higher end LCD/Plasmas for upscaling get Oppo, if you care about bluray video quality/audio quality/build quality, then get the Pioneer. |
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