Buy Cheap Pioneer Elite BDP-05FD - Blu-Ray disc player - upscaling 
Buy Low Price From Here Now The Elite BDP-05FD BonusView Blu-ray Disc player exceeds the capabilities of current players in the market with support of next generation high resolution audio and video formats that fulfill the emotional experience of high end entertainment. Featuring picture-in-picture interactivity and a redesigned platform that significantly improves overall performance, the player works in tandem with Pioneer's displays and A/V receivers to provide film enthusiasts the most true-to-life reproduction of HD feature films.
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- HDMI 1.3a with Deep Color Support
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"great picture and audio" 2009-12-02
By EER
The BDP-23FD seems comparable? NOT! it is in that it plays blu-ray. I have had this player for a long time and I can tell you it's a bit slow to me, but I have had it for a long time and after all the firmware updates over the months it is faster and very reliable. When it first came out, there were issues, but now it plays everything without a problem. Every place I look at reviews they say how incredible the video is. I agree the video is amazing and I would buy another pioneer once they have a universal player because not only are they great blu-ray players, but they look really good too. This one has a touch sensitive interface on the component and you can just barley touch it and it works. It is so cool. I have called pioneer on the weekends and there was always someone there to work with me when I fist bought it. As I said there were many firmware issues and I had a problem they didn't know about. Once the firmware update came out everything worked great. I can't remember the last time I had to update it. I gave it 4 stars because I still think it's a bit slow, but hey the video is awesome!
"Best bluray player you can get for Video/Audio quality!" 2009-10-25
By 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.
"Discontinued. Read This" 2009-08-24
By Big Sky (CEDAR PARK, TX United States)
I almost purchased this Blu-ray player today. I, however, decided to wait and check with the local Pioneer dealer first from whom I purchased my Kuro Pro-151FD. The local dealer informed me that Pioneer discontinued this model already because of some problem with the firmware that actually requires the end-user to ship out the player back to Pioneer for repair or hardware rework, depending on how you want to look at it. That may not be a big deal to you if you don't mind parting with your player for a few weeks, but it turned me off. The local dealer also commented that he had to RMA all of its remaining 05FD players back to Pioneer and that the replacement is the BDP-23FD.
The Pioneer website does not seem to have any information on this, but perhaps you may want to check around with your local Pioneer dealer before purchasing this box. That is, if the hassle of parting with your hardware is not important to you.
I don't really care at this time for BD-Live. For one thing, I already spent a great deal of time watching the movie itself and don't care for the Internet features that BD-Live offers. That is why the BDP-05FD seemed ideal. It concentrated on better audio features for one thing. Now I am back to figuring what I should get. Perhaps I will wait for the BDP-09D to come down in price. The BDP-23FD seems comparable. Maybe I will look into it some more.
"Fantastic player" 2009-05-01
By 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.
"angelo" 2009-04-29
By 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
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