Excellent picture quality, first Blu-ray player to output 1080p at 24 frames per second, offers Ethernet port and home networking capability, HDMI upconversion,...Very expensive, cannot play audio CDs, slow load times, disappointing picture, quality when upscaling...There were plenty of reasons why folks were looking forward to reviewing the Pioneer BDP-HD1 Blu-ray DVD player...Unfortunately,...

I have made several visits to a local Pioneer dealer to se this unit in action...Tell us what you like about this product...Tell us what you don't like about this product...

And my favorite movies have never looked as good at home as they look in HD on either of these new formats...Hell, some of them might not have looked this good in a theater...And that, at long last brings me to the Pioneer Elite BDP-HD1 Blu-ray Disc player...So far, the Pioneer Elite BDP-HD1 looks to me to be that player...To our knowledge there are not any...

Networking a huge plus No Dual video outputs for 3D projection etc...it is high definition price price price price review of comparable Toshiba player at a much cheaper price lists a "con" that HD DVD may lose format war, no similar comemnt for Panasonic blue-ray player, has CNET already declared a victor or what...Why would I pay twice as much for content I can get elsewhere for less...

you get what you pay for! There is no exception like this Bluray player...When people have a choice between a PS3 (for movie viewing only) and a standalone beauty like this player, please give this a thought...I however reversed my purchase decision since this came out just recently: http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665156111...