I've decided that I am going to go for this player (£1500) for my system, which is 4-5yrs old PDP-434HDE plasma & AV VX10iS amplifier. I have bought any new AV equipment for 3 years so I've managed to but aside quite a bit. I have read on spec sheets that the blu-ray LX91 weighs a whopping 14kg, I want to know if weight has a bearing on picture/sound quality or is pioneer doing this to justifty charging £1500. The Denon 3800 blu ray & Marantz 9600 blu ray weigh in a 10kg and cost the same. As a pioneer fan over the years I chose to go with the Pioneer.