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Pioneer BDP-LX80 Blu-ray player reviewed by Bob Doyle

May 17, 2008



Design:

The front of the unit is all glossy black with a thin strip of silver along the bottom. To the far left is the Power button surrounded by a blue light which unfortunately can't be turned off in the settings menu. All the graphics are in high-def and are easy enough to navigate.

Remote Control:

The included remote is average for a Blu-ray player. We liked the centrally located directional pad and the clearly labeled buttons. One of our gripes is the location of the standard playback controls. They are far from the directional pad.  There is a flip-down panel on the bottom of the remote but it's not a nuisance since it only hides some nonessential buttons like a number pad.

Features:

This player can play back both Blu-ray and standard DVD discs as well as standard audio CDs. There's no support for either of the niche high-resolution audio formats. Soundtrack support is adequate for a Blu-ray player but somewhat disappointing when compared to Toshiba's HD DVD players. This player has built-in decoding for standard Dolby Digital and DTS as well as Dolby Digital Plus which is a slightly higher resolution format of Dolby Digital. This player has no support for those highest-resolution next- gen audio formats. The connectivity of this player is nearly comprehensive for a Blu-ray player. The highlight is the HDMI jack which is capable of outputting both high definition video (up to 1080p at either 24 or 60 frames per second) and multichannel high resolution audio.

Performance:

We started off our test looking at Corpse Bride in 1080p on this player. This disc is extremely sharp and any difference in detail between the players should be visible. We found it very difficult to find any significant differences in the image quality between the players. This is even more so the case when watching at a standard viewing distance of around 8 feet for a 50-inch plasma. We took a look at some test patterns on Silicon Image's HQV test suite on Blu-ray in 1080p mode on both players. Like we said before there's really very little difference in Blu-ray performance among all Blu-ray players.

 

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Rating:

3 blu-ray rating

 

Review sent in by Bob Doyle.  Thanks!  Send in your reviews to Admin@buyblurayplayers.com

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