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Review summary: If you aren't feeling the credit crunch, Pioneer's £600 BDP-LX71 is an excellent Blu-ray player with superb picture and sound quality. It has wonderfully simple menu systems that are a breeze to configure and we love the connectivity options. If money ...

Pros: Picture and sound quality ; styling is symmetrical and lovely ; great selection of outputs including 7.1 audio

Cons: It's quite big ; expensive ; no internal DTS-HD decoding, only pass-through

Verdict: The BDP-LX71 screams quality and at £600 we should hope so, too. It's an excellent player with superb picture and sound quality. It has wonderfully simple menu systems that are a breeze to configure and we love the connectivity options. If money is no ...

Review summary: There's no BD-Live functionality here, but do you really want it?

Pros: Excellent sound quality ; 7.1 channel analogue outputs

Cons: No Ethernet port for BD Live ; No onboard DTS HD MA decoding via analogue

Verdict: Some of the daytime scenes look a little bleached out, which is intentional, and the Pioneer copes with the dazzling sunshine without whiting out completely. The dynamic contrast and natural colour handling of the LX71 are joined by an ability to ...

Award: Recommended!

Review summary: If you want the very best Blu-ray performance look no further than the BDP-LX71.

Review summary: Pioneer's latest Blu-ray deck is promising to take hi-def video to new heights. But how does it fare in the test lab?

Pros: Superb looks and solid build quality. Rich, great sound. Detailed picture

Cons: Not the smoothest of operators. Not Profile 2.0. No onboard DTS-HD Master Audio

Review summary: Pioneer is going full steam ahead with its BDP-LX71 Blu-ray player is tipped to arrive on European shores sometime this summer. Some of the improvements include BonusView Profile 1.1 for interactivity, 12-bit deep color support, a 297MHz 12-bit video ...