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on picture quality terms alone which would you say was the best pana bd50 or pio lx70a having bought a bd 30 and took it back the next day every camera pan stuttered and found the picture washed out i have a kuro to view these on

 

[Andrew Everard]

Personally I'd go for the Pioneer, especially with that TV. But surprised you had such obvious problems with the BD30

 

[Anonymous]

thank you andrew i must say i have also borrowed a friends ps3 and viewed 300 on that and found when the camera pans down the line of spartans the picture goes out of focus and judders when it comes to a stop it comes back into focus i have the pioneer set to advance and all the other stuff turned off do you think i could have got a dodgy bd30 and that there could be quality differences in ps3

 

[Anonymous]

I dont think there would much differnce between the two panosonic players as think their basicaly the same only the bd50 having a few more sound options! but i do stand to be corrected

 

[Clare Newsome]

... and i'm afraid you will be corrected! The DMP-BD50 uses more advanced picture processing than the DMP-BD30, and is a better player all-round (as you'd expect for the £200 price-difference).

The Pioneer LX70A remains a slightly better performer than the Pana BD50, but no longer really justifies its price-tag - with its extra functionality, we feel the Panasonic is better value.

However, if you're happy with the Pioneer's spec, and can find a great deal on it (which wouldn't surprise me with three new Pioneer Blu-ray players just around the corner) you'll be buying a superb machine.

 

[Andy Madden]

I'd also suggest waiting until Pioneer's new Blu-ray players come out - the LX71 will be much closer in price to the BD50 (£550/£600). But, it's worth noting that the new Pioneer won't be able to do onboard decoding of DTS-HD MA straight out of the box. Of course, if your AV receiver is equipped to decode HD Audio, this isn't a massive problem.