Hands-on with Pioneer's BDP-95FD Blu-ray player

As if Pioneer's booth wasn't sensational enough already, the inclusion of the brand new BDP-95FD Blu-ray player made it even sweeter. Make no mistake, Pioneer is awfully proud of this creation, as an on-site rep was claiming that it was "the best Blu-ray player on the market" while bragging to onlookers. 'Course, this Elite device does tout some of the nicest specs we've seen, and yes, it pained us to leave the booth without being able to bring one home. Bottom line: this "reference quality" BD player looked incredibly good in person, and judging by how well Pioneer's other Elite merchandise has been received, we've got high hopes for this one.

Hands-on with Pioneer's BDP-95FD Blu-ray player

[Bozzylicious Posted Sep 8th 2007 1:00AM]

Too bad it can't do everything a $199 player can LOL..

When they reach Profile 2.0 they'll get my money...before then, they can keep bragging about how cool the player is.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 8th 2007 3:36AM]

Like your $199 player can produce 1080P or 24fps, or utilise enhanced audio codecs? or watch a film within the same 5 minutes you inserted a disc?

[DaveBG Posted Sep 8th 2007 4:01AM]

LOL @ Nfinity

Yeah, the only other thing is that you $199 player is freezing during the playback and glitches as if you play bricks in it not discs right?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 8th 2007 4:44AM]

BYE BYE BLU !!
http://www.betanews.com/article/New_Chinese_Involvement_Could_Trigger_HD_DVD_Price_Plunge/1189196071/1

[A1 Posted Sep 8th 2007 5:10AM]

Jesus, who wants a $199 player? you buy a $2000 tv, then a$1500 Amp, then $1000 on speakers and oh you must just get a cheap as s**t player. Get a life people want quality not cheap crap.

[kumar Posted Sep 8th 2007 11:32PM]

Laser disc owners said the same thing back in the day.

You forget that a majority of hdtvs out there right now are not 1080p, so it's a waste to pay more for something you're tv will never display.

I doubt Vizio is leading in sales because of the people that must have the priciest gear....

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 8th 2007 4:17PM]

Nfinity-Your comments in every thread are a light to everyones day. Your astute observation of fact brings the light of intelligence to our dark and stupid lives.

To think I almost spent $600 on a stand alone CD player! Then I read your post and realized that I could spend $400 less and get a HD-DVD player that will also play dvd's and CD's along with interactive content and use Ethernet.

To think I was going to waste my time with sound quality when I can simply spend less and get interactive content. Man wasting all that effort and cash on quality is sure stupid. Thanks for sharing.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 10th 2007 2:04PM]

cool stuff

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 13th 2007 2:20PM]

@nigel:

Sounds familiar...oh yeah, remember SVCD? Expect it to fare just as well.

"Super Video CD was originally developed by the government-backed China Recording Standards Committee, under direction from the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry, as an enhancement to the Video CD format. One of the motivating factors in its development was the need for an alternative to the DVD format that would not be restricted by technology royalties. The Chinese government was concerned that the DVD format was too tightly controlled by foreign companies, and that a significant opportunity existed for the development of a domestic format that could deliver comparable quality without the restrictions of DVD. It was also hoped that SVCD's development would help to drive down the cost of consumer DVD players and DVD licensing fees in China."