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Pioneer BDP-LX91:

The BDP-LX91 offers you pure moving pictures and living sound precisely as the director intended. This BD player guarantees impeccable quality, not just for Blu-ray Discs, but also for CD and DVD content. Moreover it features BD-Live, which means you can upgrade your player via the BD-Live connection.

Constructed out of solid aluminium, with dedicated audio and video boards and gold-plated terminals, the BDP-LX91 is the cinephile’s Blu-ray disc player.

To take full advantage of the extra features available on future Blu-ray Discs, the BDP-LX91 features BD-Live*, which will further enhance and personalise your entertainment experience. The player is equipped with an Ethernet port that allows you to connect to the Internet to download data such as subtitles, images and bonus trailers, join in live chat sessions, online gaming and video messaging when viewing BD-Live compatible titles.

The films you watch now become more real than ever. The BDP-LX91 supports not only 48-bit HDMI Deep Colour, for an unprecedented range of colour tones and exceptionally smooth transitions, but also x.v.Colour. The result is that you see greens, reds and blues far deeper than previously possible.

The soundtrack is true to the original, too. Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio bring studio-class sound to your home. Professional-grade Wolfson Digital Audio Converters guarantee additional exceptional audio performance.

With a compatible Pioneer AV Receiver, the BDP-LX91 can also deliver truly outstanding and precise music CD playback via HDMI, using the specially developed Precision Quartz Lock System (PQLS).

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Pioneer BDP-LX71: Superseding Pioneer’s second generation BDPLX70A Blu-ray player, the BDPLX71 steps up in performance with improvements, such as BonusView support (profile 1.1), comprehensive on-board audio decoding and bitstream audio, touch sensitive controls, as well as the inclusion of Wolfson Audio digital to analogue converters and jitter-free technology.

Moreover, add high-performance DVD playback to the list of accomplishments and here you have a Blu-ray Disc player that delivers the picture quality, product connectivity and compatibility, which justifies an upgrade from DVD. 

You need to be able to see and hear the difference when comparing Blu-ray to DVD. Being able to read/talk about the differences is simply not good enough.

Through Pioneer's  unique ability to deliver an entire Full-HD solution and not rely on other brands to complete the experience, the BDPLX71 works in tandem with our KURO plasma TVs and HD surround receivers, enabling us to showcase the difference in quality between Blu-ray and DVD.

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Pioneer BDP-LX51: A cutting edge Blu-ray player, the BDP-51FD is one three latest generation Blu-ray players from Pioneer, which demonstrates a serious step-up in HD home entertainment from DVD technology.

Superseeding previous Pioneer Blu-ray players with improvements such as, BonusView support (profile 1.1), comprehensive on-board audio decoding and bitstream audio, as well as the inclusion of Wolfson Audio digital to analogue converters and jitter-free technology, the BDP51FD will be the driving force behind you HD movies for many years to come.

Moreover, add high-performance DVD playback to the list of accomplishments and here you have a Blu-ray Disc player that delivers the picture quality, product connectivity and compatibility, which justifies an upgrade from DVD.

See the difference with Pioneer Blu-ray 1080p/24fps  
Offering unparalleled Blu-ray playback image quality, Pioneer is at the forefront of this market. The BDP-51FD boasts 1080p/24 frames per second (fps) output, enabling consumers to see the movie exactly as the director intended, eliminating any artificial manipulation (eg 3-2 pull down).

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NAD T587 : NAD Has always waited out technology to see which of the thousands of technology buzz words will actually transform into higher performance for our valued customers. After a critical proving period of Blu-ray technology NAD is proud to announce the T 587 Blu-ray Disc Player featuring Fast-Loading, New BD Java, HDMI 1.3, Stunning 1080p Image Quality, and Advanced HD Audio Decoding.

Of course, the T 587 does far more than play and interact with Blu-ray Discs. Its video and audio performance are both outstanding, and its versatility is suggested by its ability to play Blu-ray discs in BD-ROM, BD-R and BD-RE formats, conventional DVDs in NTSC and PAL, and several other popular disc formats, including DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-R/RW, and Audio CDs. The T 587 also loads discs very quickly, unlike many other Blu-ray players that take more than a minute to do so. Anyone who has ever pressed Play only to stare at a dark screen as the seconds ticked away will appreciate this feature.

The T 587, like other Blu-ray players, employs a violet laser whose light wavelength is shorter than the red lasers DVD and CD players use. This lets the laser read a smaller spot that’s more densely packed with the pits that generate the digital ones and zeros representing the picture and sound the player decodes. A Blu-ray Disc can have over five times the data capacity of a DVD, and can only be transmitted from the player to a TV display by the encrypted HDMI interface. High Definition playback requires the entire signal path be capable of a digital bandwidth of 150 Megahertz, which means employing the latest TVs and A/V Receivers, Category 2 HDMI cables, and a system that supports 1080p resolution.

Video Performance

With Blu-ray’s native resolution of 1080p and pure digital transmission via HDMI, the T 587 delivers stunning picture quality, especially on screen sizes 50 inches and larger. Even standard definition DVDs benefit from NAD’s upscaling engine. The T 587 supports 1080p at 24 frames per second for the most fluid motion available from film-based material, avoiding motion artefacts from the “3:2 Pull Down” effect common on conventional DVD players.

For enhanced image quality, the T 587 also supports Deep Colour and xvYCC Extended Colour Space to provide an exceptionally wide colour gamut and further extend the colour range. Operating controls include fast forward and reverse, slow and step forward, search, repeat and random play, picture-in-picture, and a parental lock.

Audio Performance

The T 587 delivers studio master quality audio in a home entertainment format. Most Blu-ray Discs offer Dolby TrueHD, a high-definition, 7.1 linear pulse code modulation (LPCM) soundtrack with 24-bit resolution. This is a format the T 587 supports via HDMI. The T 587 also supports the new HD formats from Dolby and DTS that offer ‘lossless’ compression. They can be decoded in the T 587 and sent as LPCM via HDMI, or forwarded compressed to another component that supports decoding.

The T 587 also supports Audio CDs and CD-Rs with MP3 or WMA decoding, Dolby Digital Plus, and the legacy formats of Dolby Digital and DTS, which it transmits as bitstreams via HDMI, coax or optical connections. Dolby Digital Plus is a new backward-compatible Dolby format that significantly increases the bit rate for improved fidelity, and support up to 10.2 channels. Specially developed silicon rubber feet isolate vibrations from the player and the environment for the best possible performance.

The T 587’s ability to decode the newest lossless audio codecs from Dolby and DTS also serves as a cost-effective upgrade to the thousands of consumers who already own NAD T 175, T 785 and T 775 AV Receivers by providing a complete HD audio and video solution. When combined with the current generation of 1080p displays, the T 587 makes a state-of-the-art Home Theatre more accessible and practical than ever before.

The T 587’s connection package is fully equipped for today’s video and audio needs. It includes HDMI 1.3, Ethernet, composite, component, coaxial, left and right audio, and optical outputs on the rear panel. An external IR Input allows easy integration with advanced control and automation systems, and a front-panel USB port lets owners play music and picture files stored on a memory stick or portable MP3 Player.

The T 587 Blu-ray Disc player will be available in most markets in December 2008. So be sure to get your pre-orders in now to make sure you are the first to receive this amazing new NAD performer.