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Pioneer BDP-160
alaTest has collected and analyzed 30 reviews of Pioneer BDP-160. The average rating for this product is 4.0/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. People really like the reliability. The design is also mentioned favorably, but many are critical about the usability.
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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Pioneer BDP-160 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 89/100 = Very good quality.
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Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)
Amazon.co.uk review summary for Pioneer BDP-160
alaTest has collected and analyzed 1 user review of Pioneer BDP-160 from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 5.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.1/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk.
100% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.
May, 2025
Expert review by : Trusted Reviews (trustedreviews.com)
Pioneer BDP-160
A Blu-ray player for discerning film fans
Superb pictures, Good support for mobile devices, Solid build quality for the money
Old-fashioned GUI, Limited internet content
Aug, 2013
Expert review by (whathifi.com)
Pioneer BDP-160
Pioneer has prioritised sensibly with the BDP-160, cutting back on features to focus on the picture and sound, and on keeping the price down
Punchy picture ; Weighty sound ; High build quality
Rivals pack more features ; Sparse menu system
The Pioneer BDP-160 has shown that you don’t need shiny looks or snazzy features to be really good.
Expert review by : Steve May (homecinemachoice.com)
Pioneer BDP-160 review
Pioneer's BDP-160 Blu-ray player is unrepentantly old school. For starters, it looks like a Blu-ray deck should, rather than something impractical cobbled together for a Shoreditch design competition. And secondly, it even handles some of the more...
Super Audio CD compatibility; old-school design; picture quality; broad file compatibility
Slow disc loading speeds; miserable user interface; token network content
Dec, 2013
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Expert review by : Stephen Dawson (cnet.com.au)
Pioneer BDP-160 Blu-ray player
The Pioneer BDP-160 is a low-cost, high-performance player with excellent network media streaming support and convenient Wi-Fi connectivity.
Very good value for money. Solid picture quality. WiFi built in. Very good network media streaming.
No tag data shown with FLAC. Locked up with incompatible audio file.
The Pioneer BDP-160 is a low cost, high performance player with excellent network media streaming support and convenient WiFi connectivity.
Dec, 2013
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Expert review by : Stephen Dawson (cnet.com.au)
Pioneer BDP-160 Blu-ray Player
The Pioneer BDP-160 is a low cost, high performance player with excellent network media streaming support and convenient WiFi connectivity.
Very good value for money ; Solid picture quality ; WiFi built in ; Very good network media streaming
No tag data shown with FLAC ; Locked up with incompatible audio file
The Pioneer BDP-160 was quite the surprise. Often makers differentiate product levels by means of progressively disabling features in the cheaper models. It seems that Pioneer in putting together this unit found that the various chipsets they had...
Nov, 2013
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Consumer review (reevoo.com)
Pioneer BDP-160
An extraordinary improvement on picture and sound quality Stable motion and image colours Brilliant sharpness in 3D - even on a projector Full sound Well put together and solid build
Streaming could be better
Oct, 2015
Consumer review (reevoo.com)
Pioneer BDP-160
+ Picture/ sound quality + Does what a BD/DVD/CD player should do i.e does a good job of playing BD/DVD/CD + Build quality for the price - looks good in a traditional kind of way, nice brushed metal finish + All the connectivity options I need (plus...
- Menu system is 'functional', but quite basic and a bit clunky imo - Seems to be very slow on my network to build folder structures when accessing DLNA content via WiFi or via Ethernet (mitigated if using an appropriate Smartphone app and just...
Jan, 2014
Consumer review (reevoo.com)
Pioneer BDP-160
Picture/ sound quality ; Does what a BD/DVD/CD player should do i.e does a good job of playing BD/DVD/CD ; Build quality for the price - looks good in a traditional kind of way, nice brushed metal finish ; All the connectivity options I need (plus...
Menu system is 'functional', but quite basic and a bit clunky imo ; Seems to be very slow on my network to build folder structures when accessing DLNA content via WiFi or via Ethernet (mitigated if using an appropriate Smartphone app and just rendering...
Jan, 2014
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