Price dropped below $500
Pioneer AV Receivers
Model VSX-827 + BDP150
Built-in DecodersDolby Digital Plus, Dolby Pro Logic II, Dolby True HD, DTS-HD Master Audio
Manufacturers Express Warranty (months)12
Pioneer 7.1 Channel AV Receiver with Bonus 3D Blu-Ray Player $498
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superforever on 02/08/2013 - 11:00 harveynorman.com.au (1616 clicks)
Last edited 02/08/2013 - 12:19 by 1 other user
Last edited 02/08/2013 - 12:19 by 1 other user
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The BDP-150 is only region free for DVD, not Blu-Ray.
There is a modded firmware that enables multiregion Blu-Ray and disables Cinavia, but it requires 1.02 or earlier stock firmware which means old stock — they ship with 1.05 now. There are modchips though.
Good player though.
Hmm, okay. The BDP-160 I got is definitely region-free though. Will have to double-check the firmware.
+1 to SteveBuscemi
Sorry to rain on your parade Amar89, but the BDP-160 is region locked for Blu-Ray playback.
My cousin owns a Pioneer BDP-160 and we recently tested it with the BR Shinobi (Region A)and it did not playback.
You could be mistaken as you could have tested the BDP-160 with a non Region 4 DVD or the Blu-Ray movie you tested is marked with Region A when in fact is actually a Region ALL Blu-Ray disc (unless you actually tested it with a Region ALL disc).
All Pioneer players sold in Australia have been modded for region free DVD playback but not Blu-Ray. Blu-Ray playback is region locked to Region B.
I can't remember the terminology but does this Pioneer receiver allow HDMI-passthrough (I think that what it is).
There are ways around OFW 1.05 in order to get to CFW 4.0x. Google is your friend here.
Was very tempting but went with the VSX-922 for $550 at JB
I hope you will be more lucky with it then I was… I had the VSX921 and it lasted 1 day, I returned it and got my money back. The volume was stepping down 3dB every 15 seconds or so till the volume reached zero. Basically the Pioneer crapped itself.
My local HN advertised it at this price last month in my local newspaper. Glad to see it's now dropped store-wide for everyone else.
Managed to talk them down to $67 for a 5 year replacement warranty covering both devices, which I think is a reasonable deal.Did last month's advertisement include the BR-Player as well?
yup, same bundle.
I got this bundle when HN had the last sale for $549, for the price I think this is a great receiver.
Good sound quality and love the airplay (works like a charm). For the price I dont think you can get another reputed brand receiver with all the features this one has…Yamaha needs to drop their prices for run out models. :(
I have 3 pioneer receivers at home now and very happy with them. I reckon for value for money 7.1 system the 827 is awesome:)
Shame its harvey norman this deal though hehe
Thanks OP. I just bought one and am picking it up tomorrow. The power of buying online and picking up in-store. Thanks again for posting this. :)
What speakers would you guys put with this?
Also is there a massive diff between 5.1 and 7.1? how does these receivers go with 6 chan AC3?
does this have a zone 2?
Yes. but it's shared with front high speakers.
The added BluRay player is a huge bonus. The BDP-150 retails for around $100-150. I own the BDP-160 which is identical to it aside from the built-in WiFi (you can get a dongle for the BDP-150 or plug in an Ethernet cable) and it's easily the best entry-level BluRay player available right now.
3D Playback. Region-free too. 2 USB ports. Boots up in about 5 seconds, takes about 20 to load a Blu-Ray. Plays every file format under the sun. Does YouTube/DLNA without stuttering. Streams 1080HD .MKVs. The whole shebang.