Blu-Rays of Sunshine

Today, Pioneer announced three new entries in the HD home entertainment market; Blu-Ray players guaranteed to suit the needs of the most discerning home theater aficionado. The price tags on each will please the wallet a little too.

First up, the BDP-120 is a nice introduction to the Blu-Ray world, or an inexpensive second player for those wishing to add high definition players to other rooms of the house. While it does not boast any extra special features, it is a high quality player of Blu-ray, DVD, and CDs. This baby is available at a selected retail price of $299.

The BDP-320 is for those who want to customize their experience for optimal display and enjoyment. Between on-board circuitry to reduce video noise, and the Picture Control Suite, you are the master of what you see. This next step up in their offers has a retail price of $399.

The cream of the Pioneer crop, the Elite BDP-23FD, provides full home theater integration and functionality. Designed with connectivity with Pioneer A/V receivers and KURO flat panel displays for the ultimate in home theater experiences. This unit boasts a tag of $599.

All three of these beauties are equipped with USB ports for flash and hard drive connection to boost storage capacity of BD-Live interactive content that is often available through Blu-Ray disks. Pioneer states these units are currently for sale at many retailers.


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Pioneer's New Speakers Appeal to the Whisky Lover

Maybe we here at Etronics.com have that, it’s Thursday evening, “I need a drink” bug. But this pair of speakers from Pioneer’s European site got us kind of excited, and even more ready to tie a few on. If you’re not a whiskey connoisseur you can still dig on this concept on an environmentalist level. Pioneer has started recycling Suntory distillery’s White Oak whiskey curing barrels into finely crafted speakers. (Suntory is a Japanese whisky producer; you know…the company the hires Bill Murray to model in the movie “Lost in Translation”). Pioneer has discovered reusing these 100 year old barrels not only saves virgin trees, but also renders a richer immersive sound than newer materials. The inherent rigidity of White Oak reduces vibrations and sound resonance thus producing a crisper sound. These aren’t mass produced; each pair is a “true original”. It’s doubtful they’re hand made, but they’re certainly limited. So grab yourself a nice single malt on the rocks, throw a record of your favorite crooner on the Hi Fi, and get your grown man or woman on…with your own pair of pioneer “pure malt” speakers. If you can get your hands on them let us know, seriously.
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