The Best Blu-ray Players
Movie aficionados, take note: With a Blu-ray Disc player, you no longer have to make compromises on image quality. Here's a rundown of the best high-definition players on the market today.
Melissa Perenson, PC World
Pioneer Elite BDP-95FD Blu-ray Disc Player
Compared with other players we've tested, Pioneer charges a premium for its Elite BDP-95FD--$1000 (as of June 2008), or more than twice the price of some players we've reviewed. The price would make sense if you were paying by the pound: The Elite BDP-95FD is heavy (14.3 pounds).
This model tied with the Sharp BD-HP20U for the best audio of the six players tested. Its image output impressed our jurors on many criteria, and it achieved a rating of Very Good for its performance on our color quality and detail tests.
The home media server is the BDP-95FD's one perk over competing models (only Sony's PlayStation 3 offers a media server, too). But you pay a huge premium for this unit over its competition.
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