Pioneer BonusView BDP-51FD Blu-Ray Disc Player | 
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| Brand: Pioneer
Category: CE
Buy New: See price in cart
New (9) Used (1) from $350.00
Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 2094
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 12
Dimensions (in): 16.5 x 14.2 x 4.9
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: BDP-51FD
Model: BDP-51FD
UPC: 012562896540
EAN: 0012562896540
ASIN: B001A5NGZU
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Spectacular 1080p Picture Quality | | • | Single-Wire Connection | | • | HDMI Control | | • | Exclusive Jitter Reduction Circuit | | • | 3D Noise Reduction |
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Product Description
The BDP-51FD Bonus View Blu-ray Disc Player provides up to 1920x1080 resolution for an unrivaled picture quality. And with True24FPS, now see your movies as the director intended. One HDMI 1.3a digital connection is all you need from the BDP-51FD to output both HD audio and video signals to your HDMI-capable A/V receiver or HD flat panel. Compared to typical connections, the HDMI interface replaces multiple cords without degradation in signal quality between components. HDMI 1.3a also provides 12-bit deep color support, improving subtle gradations between colors. The BDP-51FD supports HDMI Control, which allows you to seamlessly control all your HDMI Control-equipped Pioneer A/V equipment with a single remote. Each DAC features a signal-to-noise ratio of 117db. Wolfson DACs provide top-notch audio performance from music and movie soundtracks. Utilizing a Pioneer developed IC, this circuit digitally reshapes the waveform of the audio clock to greatly reduce jitter for all content. 3D Noise Reduction based on pixel-per-pixel basis reduces Gaussian Noise without blurring the image. By tuning the low-pass filter, waveform distortion of the coaxial digital output is greatly reduced for improved audio performance. The BDP-51FD features internal decoding of all advanced audio formats including Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD High Resolution, and DTS-HD Master. Multi-Format Compatibility - Compatible with BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE, DVD-Video, DVD-R (Video Mode) / RW (Video Mode), and CD media Ports - SR Input, HDMI Output, Component Video Gold Plated Output, Composite Video Gold Plated Output, S-Video Gold Plated Output, 7.1-Channel Audio Gold Plated Output, 2-Channel Audio Output, Coaxial Digital Gold Plated Output, and Optical Digital Output Dimensions - Width 16.54 x Height 4.89 x Depth 14.18 Weight - 12 pounds 9 ounces
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| Customer Reviews:
 Pioneer BDP-51FD Blu-Ray Review November 21, 2008
I purchased this Blu-ray player to match my new 50" Pioneer Kuro 5020 TV. I was overly impressed with the combination. This is my first plasma and first blu-ray player, but they blew away my expectations. I have watched CARS and Polar Express in Blu-Ray on this and they are perfect. I also put in an old standard DVD of the Godfather to see how bad the grainy movie would appear on a large plasma display. It did a great job of upconverting the picture. It appeared to elimiate the grainy look that you get when viewing it on a normal tube tv, I can only assume that the BDP-51 is the reason for the better picture quality conversion and not just the tv I am viewing it on. I would definitely recommend this product. The only drawback is that it is not BD-Live for those of you who want to play on the internet while watching your movies (not me).
Love this unit (update your firmware!) November 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I got this unit from Amazon at almost 1/3 off the MSRP; at that price I almost feel guilty. This is among the higher-quality BluRay players with regard to picture and audio quality. So far I've watched about a half dozen movies on it and I couldn't possibly love it more. My A/V receiver predates HDMI, so I needed a player with multichannel audio outputs. This unit has high-quality Wolfson DACs that really produce outstanding sound.
Perhaps the most important thing to be said about this player (any current player, for that matter), is you must *update your firmware*! As of this writing the current firmware version is 1.17 (my unit arrived with version 1.02 installed) and it fixes a ton of bugs present in earlier versions. Current firmware and instructions for installation can be easily found on the Pioneer USA website with a little patience. Still missing currently is the ability of this unit to decode DTS Master Audio, but it is promised in an any-day-now firmware upgrade; there are few BluRay units that shipped with DTS MA decoding ability, so Pioneer isn't particularly far behind any other manufacturer in this regard.
One thing to note is this player is a Profile 1.1 player and NOT a Profile 2.0 player, meaning it does not support BluRay Live content that is downloadable from the internet. Personally, I could not care less. There is very little BluRay Live content out there now that is worthwhile, and the BR Live processing and downloading is often mentioned as a performance drag on units that support it. Picture and audio quality are what mattered to me, and this unit delivers in spades.
Kuro Companion October 25, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Pros: I have owned 6 blu-ray players before this one from brands like Sony and LG, all great players, but this one right out of the box shines quality, Only player I have seen to upscale to 12 bit deep color, loads fast, responds to menus well, quiet operation, will pass all HD audio bit stream and decodes HD audio, some people complain when there is no backlight on the remote, its nice but I'm not a remote critic, if it does its job then good enough. Works seemless with the picture on a Pioneer Kuro plasma, a must have.
Cons: firmware came as 1.00, it won't let me play The Matrix on Blu-Ray, but Pioneer responded the next day, they will send me the 1.08 update, so be prepared to update.
Other Thoughts: Movie makers keep messing around with the JAVA for NEW features, they need to settle down so our players don't need an update every 3 months when a new movie comes out on disc.
 Looks great, but playback bugs are apparent September 25, 2008
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Well I must admit I was excited about Pioneers new lineup for summer 2008, I bought their new 1018 receiver which sounds fantastic with my paradigm speakers. I decided to pair my receiver with the new BDP-51 player since it matched up well in looks, quality, and video/audio specs. I must admit when placing the I AM LEGEND BD in the player I was astonished at how crisp the colors and sounds were on my new Panasonic 42" 1080 plasma. Then after placing in the TOP GUN BD and BATMAN BEGINS BD I found the player having difficulty loading the BDs, I had to press stop and then play and also play around with the menu button to finally get the BD to load. I would say the BD player froze atleast 75% of the time when playing these titles. I am now checking on the firmware updates in hopes that the bug can be fixed otherwise I'll be sending it in. So I'm definitley disapointed with the bugs I've noticed. When it works though its a beauty both in sight and sound....
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