Pioneer BDP-LX71

Pioneer BDP-LX71

The Pioneer BDP-LX71 represents the perfect combination of engineering and features to produce one of the most advanced Blu-ray players available today.

The Pioneer BDP-LX71 includes a wide array of features to enhance your video and audio experience as well as ensure you the highest compatibility with both media and equipment. The Pioneer BDP-LX71 provides a long list of advancements over other players and includes some innovations only available from Pioneer.

To start with, the Pioneer BDP-LX71 offers a host of connections to your audio and video gear to make connection as easy as possible. It has an HDMI connector, which will give you the best possible picture and sound quality and is fully 1.3 compliant. In addition to the HDMI connection, it has composite connections for video and stereo and 7.1 audio connections. If you choose to use the HDMI connector this will enable you to take advantage of another feature called HDMI Control. This feature will allow you to control any gear you have connected that is HDMI CEC compliant with a single remote. The Pioneer BDP-LX71 blu-ray player also supports a variety of resolutions including 420p, 720p, 1080p, and 1080i. It also allows the user to select 16:9 or 4:3 aspect ratios for the display you are using. Another nice feature is the True24FPS, which will play the content in actual 24fps mode at 1080p. This requires you to use the HDMI connection and have a display that can handle 1080p, but gives you an amazing picture. The reason the picture is so impressive is that most films are shot and developed to be viewed at 24fps and until now most of them had to be converted to some other standard to be played at home. Now that the Pioneer BDP-LX71 blu-ray player can play this format you can enjoy a spectacular picture and see the film jus the way the director intended.

The Pioneer BDP LX71 blu-ray player also has a BonusView feature that will let you open a picture-in-picture view and enjoy a second video stream in this new window. This is great if you want to watch a director's commentary. The Pioneer BDP LX71 blu-ray player also has the ability to decode advanced audio streams internally. It can handle all of the modern audio formats including Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD High resolution and DTS-HD Master. This means you can use a less expensive receiver since the decoding is already done for you. The Pioneer LX71 blu ray player does a great job with your older DVD collection as well, and will not only play these discs for you, but will also upscale them to HD standards and present an improved picture.

Another great feature of the Pioneer LX71 blu ray player is its ability to use 12 bit deep color mode if you are using the HDMI connector and your display will support this. When this mode is utilized, it will give you a more life-like picture since it can draw on a larger color pallet with better color depth.

The Pioneer BDP-LX71 is certainly a high-end player that includes some of the most advanced features to date. Its design is based in solid engineering and innovation. If you are serious about your Blu-ray viewing, the Pioneer BDP-LX71 is worth the extra investment.