Pioneer Elite BDP-HD1 - Blu-ray Disc player / digital multimedia receiver

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• ASIN: B000MDBHAW
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #318,454 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

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5.0 out of 5 stars the first step is content decsion, August 20, 2007

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Saeed A. Siddiki "Homer KSA" (Riyadh, Dubai, Fredericksburg!) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pioneer Elite BDP-HD1 - Blu-ray Disc player / digital multimedia receiver (Electronics)

You know when they say: you get what you pay for! There is no exception like this Bluray player. I am in the process of building my HDMI capable cinema home universe right now. After many many searched and evaluation of where to start and what to buy and build, i sort of went this route:

1.bought and looked at all sort of source material both HD and Bluray
2.kept track of the HD wars from all sorts of places
3.looked at lists of movies i wanted to see in HD
4.made lists of things i wanted to see and do with the titles on what TV

Now that i have decided which format, now comes the even much harder part, the TV and surround systms. I was very much in the mood to go with JVC LCOS 70" but after recognizing how this amazing Pioneer handle 24FPS i retracted from that decision.

Let me put it to you folks simple: this player on a component cable connection to a DELL 24'' flat panel looks amazing, astonishing, juicy, delicious, pure, tantalizing and many many words i cant think of! I don't think the DELL would keep up with the player since some bluray titles are not fully 16x9 show-able on a computer screen.

When people have a choice between a PS3 (for movie viewing only) and a standalone beauty like this player, please give this a thought. Its a bit pricey but think of how much you invested so far in the content, audio AV system, and television. This is the icing on the cake. I however reversed my purchase decision since this came out just recently:
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