Pioneer BD Home Cinema Systems

[The Seventh Taylor]

Pioneer Europe has just announced four new Home Cinema Systems, three of which play DVD and BD, the other DVD and SACD. Sadly they still didn't manage to create a drive that plays BD as well as SACD.

Building on the success of last year’s LX01, the portfolio includes:

• LX01BD: Blu-ray Disc Home Cinema System with Omni-Directional Speakers
• LX03BD: Blu-ray Disc Home Cinema System with 5.1 AV Receiver and Satellite Speakers
• LX08BD: Blu-ray Disc Home Cinema System with 5.1 AV Receiver
• LX03: DVD Home Cinema System with Satellite Speakers

The LX03, LX03BD and LX08BD home cinema systems will be available in October; the LX01BD in November.

See Pioneer press release.

[WriteSimply]

The drive to play BD, DVD and SACD exists in 20GB, 60GB and 80GB PS3s. Hopefully these will sell well.


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[The Seventh Taylor]

Of course. By 'they' I just meant Pioneer.

Too bad Sony apparently doesn't offer this drive to other manufacturers because Pioneer would obviously be interested.

[WriteSimply]

Originally Posted by The Seventh Taylor

Of course. By 'they' I just meant Pioneer.

Too bad Sony apparently doesn't offer this drive to other manufacturers because Pioneer would obviously be interested.

I don't think it's a matter of "offering" or not. OPUs are commodity products. It's up to Pioneer to want to make a BD/DVD/SACD system. For that matter they can even include DVD-A in it.

Both DVD-A and SACD share the same physical layer as DVD. So it's a matter of including OTHER pieces of electronics to get the player to play DVD-A and SACD. That's also why PS3 doesn't play DVD-A. Sony Consumer Electronics does not support it.


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