After introducing a new line of Blu-ray players in the US in March, Pioneer now refreshes its European line-up. Four new Blu-ray players will soon be available in the United Kingdom and offer 1080p playback, 12-bit HDMI outputs and Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD Master Audio.
The main problem with Blu-ray is the high price for a less than complete product, so-called Profile 1.1. This time three of the four 'refreshments' are Profile 1.1., which means you will not be enjoying the next-gen interactive Blu-ray movies. Some customers see this as a rip-off, while others don't mind since they aren't planning on starting a chat session with the director anyway. They just watch a movie.
Pioneer's BDP-LX91 is the only BD-Live compatible refreshment, but will definitely cost you a lot. Prices are still unclear for Europe, but this Profile 2.0. Blu-ray player will hit the market during the winter.
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buggsy (guest),
Tuesday 01 July 2008 13:20
Dang! I wish I lived in Europe. In addition to being so much more socially-responsible, Muslim-friendly and having just plain more socialistic, nanny-state governments than the US, they get all the cool new, over-priced, over-valued, self-important Blue-Ray products!
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welldone (guest),
Wednesday 02 July 2008 00:28
\"The main problem with Blu-ray is the high price for a less than complete product, so-called Profile 1.1. \"
Honestly, who are expecting eagerly for BD-Live (or the web enabled content for HDDVD)? I have few BD and HDDVD disc with BD-Live/PiP/Web-enabled content but noone not even the kids care about its feature. Yeah that\'s including Profile 1.1 PiP.
Maybe if PiP and BD-Live are made more attractive, dunno but how many titles with BD-Live anyways? less than 10 eh?