Pioner blue ray6/26/2023 Alternatively, smartphone owners can take advantage of Pioneer’s intuitive iControlAV5 app. There’s a bright and clear LCD screen and the remote control is easy to get to grips with – if a little cluttered. Both quality and finish feel and look great – especially considering it’s almost the spitting image of the doubly-priced BDP-LX88. More comparable to the sturdy construction of an amp than the garden variety of Blu-ray players, the Pioneer’s rigid chassis (made from aluminium and steel and reinforced with an iron plate) is certainly built to last. Pioneer’s Sound Retriever Link and Stream Smoother technology, designed to enhance compressed audio (MP3, WMA) and video (MP4, WMV) files when used with a Pioneer AV receiver, are further attempts by Pioneer to get you to buy into its family. It helps minimise jitter when connected to a compatible Pioneer AV receiver, meaning that when the two components are connected via HDMI, PQLS lets the AV receiver take control of the Blu-ray player’s digital clock, which, Pioneer claims, will eliminate any distortion caused by timing errors in signal transfer. While the LX58 uses a less advanced Sabre32 ES9011 DAC to the LX88’s chip, Pioneer’s Precision Quartz Lock System (PQLS) technology is still present. When we reviewed the BDP-LX88, we were puzzled by the omission of BBC iPlayer and Netflix apps, and even at half the price we feel shortchanged by their absence.īut with many home cinema products (especially tellies) cramming in smart software, there are plenty of other ways to get them. Last but not least, a LAN socket (you need a separate dongle for wi-fi connectivity) gives you access to its built-in smart apps, YouTube and Picasa. Two HDMI outputs are also sufficient, as are two USB slots (one at the front). A coaxial and pair of RCA outputs should be satisfactory for most, though. You might expect a drop in connectivity from the well-equipped BDP-LX88, but it remains largely the same – save for the absence of balanced analogue outputs. Featuresĭespite being under half the price of its bigger sibling, the BDP-LX58 can still boast the majority of its better features: Ultra HD 4K upscaler (not a given at this price), 3D playback and high-res support for DSD 2.8MHz and PCM files (inc FLAC and WAV) up to 24-bit/192kHz via USB or streamed via DLNA. The delivery isn’t quite as smooth as the Pana’s, but we prefer its sense of drive and better grasp of low-level dynamics. You don’t get the same refinement, organisation or musical nuance you would from the best dedicated £600 CD players, but load up Alicia Keys’ If I Ain’t Got You and piano sequences are full of life and body. The music format compatibility is unusually vast (it can play high-res files, SACD and DVD-Audio), which is good news. Gunfire is backed by decent solidity, as is the shattering of windows as the kidnapping proceeds.įurther cross-comparison with the Panasonic reveals the Pioneer’s richer dialogue and clearer, more dynamic delivery of the film’s string-led score.įor a Blu-ray player of this price, the Pioneer’s music replay is certainly up to scratch. Sound quality doesn’t let it down either, the soundfield nicely focused and balanced as we replay Fargo. Elsewhere, picture noise is low, and the image remains blur-free as cartoons whizz across the screen.
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