Pioneer BDP-05FD hdmi handshake issues

I also had issues doing hdmi to the receiver and component to the tv which was to the older crt mits I owned.
If you look around there isn't much dif. in video quality between the good players. This is in the opinion of a respected member at avs. /mine,2.
I tried to get the Panny 35--or the 55 but they are both discontinued---there is a new series coming soon.
Last night I watched "The Craft" from my dvr. That pq was as good as anything I have ever seen. HD quality differs and once in a while it is superb;esp. on a great display.

Yes quality does differ lots, currently find my viewing driven by picture quality rather than content. Water is fascinating on the 151, you can see down into it. Apparently Rambo3 is supposed to be outstanding on bluray, if I can sit thru it again I will watch for the effects.

Maybe part of the problem is I am going directly from the 05 to the plasma for video, skipping the receiver, then sending audio ou thru the analogues to my multichannel cj pre/amp.
I purchased the 05 with the intent of using its dac and analagoes out. Alternatively I have the denon 5900 and 5803AVR setup with dvi to my sony crt for 1080i( which now is matched by DTV-HD). Currently using the 5803 to power 16 ceiling speakers (8"NHT), but I may use the 5803 as pre-preamp.

Don't you guys lose something routing hdmi thru receiver first?

Bob

Don't you guys lose something routing hdmi thru receiver first?

I run my Panny 35 via HDMI into an Onkyo 805 and then HDMI from the 805 to my display. Its a direct pass through and doesn't alter the signal at all. I've tried it both ways to be sure (i.e. from the panny straight to the display) and there's no difference in quality that I can discern.

I can second Cruz123's observation.---no diff.

Thanks for all your helpful advice. Problem is now solved
Exchanged it at BB for another 05 and now have 1080p.
Difference is that this new 05 was setup with hdmi only and a 1080p tv from the get go. Other must have got some bad mojo on intial setup. Sales guys at BB could not get hdmi video out to work either. We tried several different setups, none worked.
Now that I have 1080p Im switching back and forth to compare between DirectTV 1080i and EagleEye movie in 1080p and they both have very, very good visuals on the kuro151.
The difference between 1080p and 1080i are more subtle than expected, probably because this TV is so damn good it makes everything look good.
Think Im all set for a while.