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RE: Pionner Blu-Ray

Posted by Russell on October 29, 2007 at 08:59:00:
Same situation at my local Best Buy/Magnolia. At $499, the 94HD would seem to be a good deal; I spotted it at BB on Saturday and asked the salesman to check other stores in the area to see if they had any new units selling for that price, and (naturally) none of them did; he saw only 1 unit at each of those stores, meaning that those were likely floor models, too. (I hesitate to buy a floor model, especially, as in this case, when the store doesn't have the original box or manual.) In any case, the new 95HD has been getting very good writeups over at the AVS forum. They're also reporting that the 95HD is simply a rebadged Sony BDP-S500 (or vice-versa; Pioneer evidently supplies Sony with many, if not all, of the components), and I've even read that the 94HD and the entry-level Sony BDP-S300 are equivalent. (The S500 has also been getting very favorable writeups at the AVS forum, BTW, and it's $300 cheaper than the 95HD, though it lacks a few features of the Pioneer.)
Russell