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Pioneer Electronics Pioneer Elite BDP-HD1

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Pros
Produces great images
Has built-in home network media adapter
Cons
Slow response time

Full Specifications
Price when rated	Pricing: Very Expensive $1500 (as of 2/20/2007)
Overall design	Good
On-screen menus	Fair
Ease of Use	Good
Responsiveness	Poor
Remote control	Good
Other features	Good
Documentation	Very Good
Performance
Color quality	Very Good: 84
Detail	Very Good: 86
Brightness and contrast	Very Good: 84
DVD-Video image quality	Very Good: 83
Overall performance	Very Good: 84
Specifications	Good
Maximum component-video-output resolution	1080i
24p output support	Yes
HDMI output	Yes
HDMI version	1.2
Maximum HDMI-output resolution	1080p
Ethernet connection (for Internet connectivity)	No
Ethernet connection (for streaming content across home network)	Yes
DLNA compliance	Yes
USB 2.0 ports	No
USB port function	Not applicable
Component-video Output	Yes
S-Video output	Yes
Composite -video output	Yes
Two-channel analog audio output	Yes
Coaxial digital output	Yes
Optical digital output	Yes
Maximum audio output over HDMI	7.1-channel PCM
Best audio output over S/PDIF	5.1-channel Dolby Digital Plus
Bitstream output to audio/video receiver	Yes
Other audio features	Supports playing audio over a home network
DVD-Video upconversion	1080p
Plays audio CDs	No
Supported DVD disc formats	DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW
Plays MP3 DVDs	Yes
Plays MP3 CDs	No
Support for two simultaneous video streams (for on-demand picture-in-picture)	No
Supported multimedia formats	WMV, WMV-HD, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC, MP3, WMA, JPEG, JPG, PNG, GIF
Storage	Not applicable
Firmware updates delivered via?	Disc mailing/Web download
Disc bookmarks	No
Media slots
Other features	Home Media Gallery home networking feature
Warranty	Two years parts/two years labor
Weekday support hours	10.5
Saturday support hours	0
Sunday support hours	0
Toll-free support number	Yes

Pioneer Elite BDP-HD1 Review

by Lincoln Spector

- Until you've watched a well-transferred Blu-ray Disc movie on a player such as the Pioneer BDP-HD1 ($1500 as of 2/2007), you don't know how good your home theater's video can look. On a 50-inch Pioneer Elite PRO-FHD1 plasma TV, every detail was pleasingly sharp, and colors were spot-on.

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