Pioneer BDP-51FD reviewed by Wayne Wyden

November 20, 2008

I purchased my Pioneer BDP-51FD from Bestbuy. This is my second BD player. I was waiting for the format war to end once it did I read a review amazon.com on the internet that said you might consider waiting to making the jump to BD until the next generation of players to come out on the market.

The loading is fairly quick From what I heard it is much faster then older previous models. I was upgrading coming from a Pioneer 5 disc up converting DVD player and that thing was slow so I'm very satisfied. The picture isawesome and the audio is great too. I don't even have it connected to a amp that does Dolby Tru-HD or DTS-MA. That will be my next purchase.

There is only one thing that I'm disappointed with the player has the Samsung Theater Sync feature. Which works great with my Pionner amp. But for some reason the DVD remote will only control the volume for the TV not the amp. So I still have to use a second remote for volume on my Sony amp. This makes no sense to me.

We watched Dark City, The Hunt for Red October, Band of Brothers, and Batman Begins on BD so far. Batman Begins wasawesome from an audio and picture quality issue. My wife said she had no clue that a DVD could look that good.

I also watched Troy on a SD DVD and that look pretty good too.

The DVD player has a slot in the back for a USB drive and it also has a ethernet port so it can connect to the net for firmware updates and to access bonus features.

The next generation model due out in the fall it will cost more but it decodes all the audio inside the player.

Overall a week and half in I'm pleased with the purchase and I'm happy I waited for this model.

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