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(6 customer reviews) 77 of 86 people found the following review helpful
Unfortunately, a thinly disguised Sharp BD-HP70U,
June 13, 2010 This review is from: Pioneer BDP-330 1080p Streaming Blu-ray Disc Player (Black) (Electronics)
UPDATE: Netflix was added via firmware on roughly 8/14
The news of Pioneer's departure from the plasma market shook the AV community a little over two years ago. Questions abound as to what the future would hold for Pioneer in a post Kuro world. Fans of their Blu-ray players - begun in earnest with the 51FD/05FD - wondered if a joint venture with Sharp would lead to a dilution of the high quality A/V performance at a very reasonable price point. The release of the budget-priced Pioneer BDP-120 was to some a harbinger of this venture manifesting itself in what appeared to an amateur eye as a largely re-badged Sharp player veiled beneath a Pioneer chassis. Its performance was nowhere near its 320 and 23FD brethren and its price point reflected such.
Emerging news of the 320's replacement came from European sources boasting Youtube streaming, which hinted the promise that US customers might get Netflix streaming or even some of the other instantly streamed video...Read more
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Disappointing product - BDP-330 Blu Ray Player,
October 27, 2010 Mortis - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pioneer BDP-330 1080p Streaming Blu-ray Disc Player (Black) (Electronics)
I was expecting a product to manufactured to the traditional Pioneer standards. Unfortunately, I was grossly dissapointed. Two things that are very annoying: To open and close the drive you have to either use the remote or push the tiny (and I mean TINY) button. After inserting the disk, in order to get the disk to play you must then push the tiny button and then the play button (unlike the BDP-23FD which allows you to push the play button and then the Blu-Ray player closes the door for you.
Also, the mechanism is noisy and the cycle time to go from on to door open is LONG. There are other blu-ray players. I suggest you spend your money wisely and not purchase this one.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
A SYSTEM RESET AND THE UNIT WORKs GREAT!!!!!!,
July 1, 2011 Tech Guy "Wired1" (Alaska) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pioneer BDP-330 1080p Streaming Blu-ray Disc Player (Black) (Electronics)
I was very disappointed with this unit out of the box. I bought it so that it could use the iPod app with my AVR. It was the slowest player I had seen in many years. Loading a disc was rediculous and long delays before it would respond to functions like eject made it almost impossible to tolerate. I checked for an online update using the Internet connection built into the unit. Nothing was available. I finally went into the system menu and did a full reset on the unit. IT NOW WORKS GREAT! The main page is now different. I believe that the unit had an update at the factory but did not take because it needed a reset. Like when a computer is restarted after a software update. It is now fast to load discs and the command responses from the eject button and remote are great.
