Pioneer's New Line of BD Players Available

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Pioneer's New Line of BD Players Available

Posted June 5, 2009 05:40 AM by Juan Calonge

Pioneer Electronics has announced that its new Blu-ray player models BDP-120, BDP-320, and BDP-23FD, premiered last January at CES, are now available to buy, for a suggested retail price of $299, $399 and $599, respectively. All three support BD-Live, and include advanced audio decoders, as well as an integrated USB port for use with compatible flash drives and hard disk drives.

The main features are as follows:

BDP-120
  • 1080p (including 1080/24p)
  • x.v.Color
  • KURO LINK
  • BD-Live Compliant (Profile 2.0): storage through USB port (a 1GB Sandisk USB flash drive is included)
  • Internal Audio Decoders: internal decoding of all advanced audio formats including Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD High Resolution, and DTS-HD Master Audio.
  • Quick Start Mode for near-instantaneous power-up
  • Skip Search (30 sec.)/Replay (10 sec.): Skip scenes or play back a
  • dialog you missed, by the push of a button
  • AVCHD support
BDP-320

Like the BDP-120, plus the following features:
  • Deep Color: The BDP-320 supports 48-bit Deep Color, offering high
  • definition images with superb color detail
  • HDMI Precision Quartz Lock System (PQLS) Jitterless Transmission (2-ch): By HDMI connection with a compatible Pioneer A/V receiver, CD music is precisely reproduced with minimum jitter
  • Picture Control Suite: 13 different video adjustments (Progressive Motion, PureCinema, YNR, CNR, BNR, MNR, Detail, White Level, Black Level, Black Setup, Gamma Correction, Hue, and Chroma Level)
  • Triple High-Definition Noise Reduction (Component Frame NR, Block NR, Mosquito NR)
  • BD-Live Compliant (Profile 2.0): storage through built-in 1GB memory, plus USB input
  • 7.1 Channel analog audio outputs
  • Latest Generation PureCinema Progressive Scan
BDP-23FD

This will be part of the Elite line and adds the following features:
  • Exclusive Jitter Reduction Circuit
  • RS-232C for installation applications
  • Aluminum lower front panel
  • Illuminated operation indicators and "Ice-Blue Illumination"