Pioneer BDP-LX70A Review



As an upgrade to Pioneer's BDP-LX70, the BDP-LX70A features v1.3 HDMI output and the ability to bit-stream output for both Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD. It is worth noting that support for DTS-HD includes both DTS-HD 'High Resolution Audio' as well as DTS-HD 'Master Audio' (unlike Sony's BDP-S500 which does not support DTS-HD 'Master Audio').

You will also find an Ethernet socket at the back of this unit, which as well as giving the BDP-LX70A the potential for firmware upgrades, it also allows Pioneer's top end blu-ray offering to work as a media player.

The outstanding quality of blu-ray playback on the Pioneer BDP-LX70A marks it out as something quite special. Compared to other high end players, the picture sharpness and level of detail are not streets ahead, but enough of an improvement to justify the extra outlay.