Comments for Pioneer Elite BDP-95FD Blu-ray DVD Player - The Rest of the Story at http://www.hometheaterhifi.com , comment 1 to 9 out of 9 comments http://www.hometheaterhifi.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:37:21 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-players/303-a-secrets-blu-ray-dvd-player-review.html#comment-1030 Having reviewed Pioneer BDP-05FD and BDP-95FD and then Panasonic DMP-BD 30G. I do like very much the regional 1-6 features on Panasonic. I have a budget of no more than $1,300 and want to settle on something but can't quite reach a final decision. I already have the Pioneer Kuro PDP5010FD 50 inch flat screen and would like to complement it with the best piece of equipment. Can anyone make a recommendation? Best regards, Guillaume - Guillaume Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:55:52 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-players/303-a-secrets-blu-ray-dvd-player-review.html#comment-1009 I sure love this BFD-95 Blu-Ray player. The menu load times are a pia, but I only load the menus once and I enjoy the movie for 2 hours. However, if you really want to enjoy your standard definition DVDs, do yourself a favor and pick up a DV-79AVi (or the DV-58 (which is very similar, but easier to find)and send it to Ric Schulz at EVS Mods. He will work his magic on this relatively inexpensive player, and turn in into an incredible CD/DVD/SACD/DVD-Audio Machine that you will be amazed with. Even my 12 year old son could see and hear the difference! He LOVES the HT and blu-rays, but when I got my DVD player back from Ric, he said, Dad, 'the only reason to buy Blu Rays is for TrueHD and those other new surround sound formats.' The video quality of this DVD player looks just as good as the Blu-Ray Player, and the audio quality blows it away on absolutely everything (but the new CODECS, of course, that the DV-79AVi does not support). My son surprise me and proved to be quite observant. After several double-blind tests, he picked the 79AVi over the 95FD 6 out of 6 times on standard DVDs, and it was a tie when we compared Blu Rays with standard DVDs of the same movies. FYI, we have the following HT equipment: Pioneer Elite DV-79AVi CD/DVD/SACD/DVD-A Pioneer Elit BFD-95FD Blu-Ray Player Onkyo Pro PR-SC885P Preamp/Processor EAD PM-500 5x100 AudioQuest HDMI-3 Cabling Pioneer Elite FHD-1 Plasma TV Enjoy! Dave L - Dave L Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:49:31 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-players/303-a-secrets-blu-ray-dvd-player-review.html#comment-665 In the real world this machine outclasses every other machine that I have looked at. Panasonic, Sony, Samsung do not have the same build quality (except for the Sony bdp ES2000 which is even more expensive). This machine matches up perfectly with my Pioneer 6010 plasma HDTV and I wouldn't even think of replacing it with a 2.0 machine. The SD playback on my plasma appears very sharp and I am very pleased with the results. But I really did buy it for it's Blu-ray capability and sound quality and I say it's all there and great. Try buying one these days, they are sold as soon as the Pioneer dealer gets them in. I was lucky. - Terry Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:19:17 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-players/303-a-secrets-blu-ray-dvd-player-review.html#comment-603 It would be nice to see an in-depth review of the McIntosh MVP 871 on Secrets. Yes, I realize it is a standard-def player, but there are currently no reviews on it whatsoever elsewhere, and it might be a while until a high-end Blu-Ray player shows up. - macfan Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:35:50 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-players/303-a-secrets-blu-ray-dvd-player-review.html#comment-501 Kris states in his conclusion that there are other Blu-ray players he would recommend over the Pioneer, which are they? Also, when can we expect a review on the new Denon Blu-ray DVD 2500? - Pablo Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:19:22 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-players/303-a-secrets-blu-ray-dvd-player-review.html#comment-479 Don Munsil, Stacey Spears, Brian Florian, and Sandy Bird were involved in setting it all up several years ago. Then came Kris Deering, and now Adrian Wittenberg. There will be others as well. - JEJ Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:07:25 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-players/303-a-secrets-blu-ray-dvd-player-review.html#comment-476 The above 2 had a lot to do with the benchmarks as well. How much differenc will there be if these players all start reading 1080P 24 directly from the disc? - TV Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:12:25 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-players/303-a-secrets-blu-ray-dvd-player-review.html#comment-472 It is not Kris who was responsible for the Benchmark, it is Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity. A lot of people here put the Benchmark together, and we will continue to publish in-depth Benchmark reviews regardless of who is the person assigned to perform the tests. The job will be assigned to different people during the year just to keep everything fresh. Adrian Wittenberg is currently the man on the job, although we still have two more reviews in the que that Kris finished before leaving (to be published shortly). Adrian is now completing the Benchmark review on a very expensive player that, like past players, fails several of our tests. There will be no change in our critique of players. It is part of Secrets, not one individual person. When Adrian's first Benchmark review is published, it will contain test results not in previous Benchmark reviews, so the Benchmark is actually expanding. I might point out additionally that The Secrets DVD Player Benchmark is trademarked and copyrighted by Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity. - JEJ Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:17:55 +0100 http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-players/303-a-secrets-blu-ray-dvd-player-review.html#comment-468 This is a nice, pointed review of a player whose performance does not live up to its price. Deinterlacing is not new math, and yet these players continue to struggle as they do with simple button response-time. The firm comments on these items remind me how Secrets' article on 480p performance helped drive improvement in that technology. Please keep your critical eye when you move to your new job. The industry needs it to keep it honest. - WS Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:21:34 +0100