Comments on: EXCLUSIVE: First Review of the Pioneer Elite BDP-HD1 Blu-ray Player

By: FELIX

FELIX — Mon, 28 May 2007 19:53:42 +0000

I HAVE A MITSUBISHI 1081 SERIES AND I WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU CAN GIVE ME INFORMATION ON HOW TO GET A BETTER PICTURE I HAVE A PS2 CONECTED TO IT AS WELL AS A VCR,DVD PLAYER,AND DIRECTV WHEN I GOT IT I WAS EXPECTING TO SEE CLEAR PICTURE AND ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS GOOD I HAVE YET TO SEE ANY DIFFERENCE FROM A REGULAR SDTV IF YOU HAVE ANY HELP FOR ME I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:13:15 +0000

Good luck getting the Home Media Gallery to work. I have the 1140HD Plasma with the same feature and I have yet to get it working after a solid month of trying. I’ll be checking back to this blog from time to time in hope you have some info for me on how to get it running.

According to a source famiier with the Home Media Gallery, the system’s funtionality is very dependent the capabliity(s) of your PC ( the meida server) . It was suggested that you temporarily deactivate your firewall and virus protection to test the system as one may be interfering with the operation of the HMG.

The HD GURU

By: Raj

Raj — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 07:34:04 +0000

I have a Sony PS3 hooked up to the Pioneer Elite Pro FHD-1. Picture looks fantastic… but I don’t have any other blu-ray player to compare too.

By: Justin

Justin — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 23:48:08 +0000

Considering that the Playstation 3 is the fastest selling Blue-Ray player, could you post a detailed review? I can see that several of your readers would be interested in this. Thanks!

I am waiting for Sony to send me a sample for testing. It should arrive soon.

The HD Guru

By: x

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 01:04:29 +0000

> design and development of the BDP-S1
> was done by Sony

Gimme a break. Pioneer didn’t design Sony’s hardware but they wrote the firmware for both players and they both use the Sigma asic. They even wrote a graphics engine which could substitute Sony’s graphics without rewriting the BD runtime. Those guys deserve more credit.

Appreciate the attention home networking got considering the amount of work that went into that over the last 6 years. But is home networking going to be enough to compensate for the harvest performance?

Harvest performance on Pioneer vs. PS3 is pretty aweful. Next time, don’t use SQL.

By: Jose

Jose — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:30:40 +0000

dear hdguru,
after buying an hd dlp tv and blu-ray disc player, what is the best home theatre system to complete the dream room and what are the best wires or cables? thanks for your time

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 01:24:11 +0000

I just completed a direct comparions of a PS3 and the Sony BDP-S1 player with the Fifth Element playing side by side. I found the Video on the BDP-S1 a little better, but the Audio on the BDP-S1 is noticibly superior to the PS3 in terms of seperation and clairitiy of surround processsing.

My two cents…. I like to Sony over the Pioneer Unit.

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:12:58 +0000

I was wondering if the DVD pictures coming out of SONY PS3 are as good as the Sony BDP-S1 DVD players? It is my understanding that the Sony PS3 also uses Blue-ray technology. If your answer is in the affirmative then perhaps PS3 may be a better value as one can run HD DVDs and and also play neat games. I know that PS3 are currently in short supply.

Thank you.

Rob

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:22:49 +0000

Do either of the new BD players you reviewed (Sony or Pioneer) have HDMI 1.3 audio outputs? If not, when will see a BD player capable of outputting a compressed DTS-HD MA and DD TrueHD bitstream? Would the back panel on a player like that have two HDMI outputs, one for video, and another for audio?

HDMI carries uncompressed digital video and audio. You can connect the HDMI output to an HDMI equipped surround sound receiver and it will process handle the audio functions and then foward the digital stream out to your HDTV.

The HD Guru

By: Tech Gadgets

Tech Gadgets — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 02:21:56 +0000

First Pioneer Elite BDP-HD1 Blu-ray Review (Verdict: Identical to Sony?)

If you read the Sony BDP-S1 Blu-ray player review , you’d have a good idea of what the Pioneer BDP-HD1