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Summary: BE AWARE
Review: BUYERS, BE AWARE.
I had 2 DVD players made by Pioneer. They are nice machines... for a little over a year. Then the warranty expires. The problem these players seem to have has to do with poorly designed dual laser pick up (one - for DVDs, the other one - for CDs and Video CDs). The first player I had stopped playing CDs and Video CDs, I got the other one - this one stopped playing DVDs.
On the positive side - the picture is very good, so if you are after a short-term buy go ahead, otherwise look for another brand.
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Summary: Pioneer dv-f727
Review: Had nothing but trouble with my sony 300 disc player. The pioneer works better then i expected. Did not have any problems connecting to my sony receiver.
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Summary: reliable but with a few glitches
Review: I bought this unit to hold my entire library, which it does, but won't in a very short while! The machine has never had any malfunctions such as jammed discs and it gets a very good workout. sound and picture quality are excellent. My number one complaint is that the settings spontaneously change, indicating that the machine is plugged into a widescreen TV. I have a 4:3 TV, but all my movies are widescreen. For some aggravating reason, the player will spontaneously start showing the widescreen movie in FULL screen because it thinks the TV is a WIDE screen unit, even though i have set it numerous times to 4:3!! then i have to stop the movie and change the setting back (for the 30th time) so it will play properly. also, they could have allowed more characters for title input, but that is a minor gripe. the user interface can also be a little clumsy, but i can't complain too much about that either. I would recommend this machine even with its comparitively high price tag.
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Summary: SUPERB FEATURES AND QUALITY
Review: I first purchased a Toshiba 3109 and then a Panasonic 220. Both units had typical dvd sound and picture quality and were fairly easy to use. But some of the features that I wanted were either missing or difficult to use. Also, I am very lazy, and when I had an occaisonal whim to see a portion of of a movie that was not already loaded, I usually did not bother. The Pioneer more than satisfied any disatisfaction that I had with the other players. With 300 + 1 discs available, a quick touch of the shuttle made any disc immediately available. The display menues are incredibly versatile and easy to use compared to other DVD players. And finally the picture was equal to the others, but the sound quality was MUCH, MUCH SUPERIOR. The price may be higher, but dollar for disc and overall quality and features make purchasing this Pioneer DVD a no brainer.
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Summary: Programing a breeze with the use of computer keyboard.
Review: I found that the best feature on this unit was the ability to plug in a computer keyboard to edit the DVD/CD's. The only problem was the amount of letters aloud for each name (had to abbreviate alot). The sound quality is excellent and the picture second to none. The Pioneer F727 also fit in the same amount of space as my old CD player that held only 61 disks. Very glad to have purchased this model dvd/cd player.
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Summary: Great sound and picture quality
Review: I got this DVD player just a couple of days ago and watched a few movies and played hours of music already. I am very pleased with the sound and picture quality it offers (I use S-video and Monster co-axial cables). This is my first DVD player. The setup is quite easy and straight forward. The keyboard input for titles is nice, but the information you can input is more than limited. Nice search functions though. The remote control is a very good one, very easy to use and convenient. One thing I would ask for is the display turn-off like the Pioneer 704 laser disc player's Film Mode. I can turn off my receiver's display too. So the bright blue light and big amber display is somewhat distractive during the movie. I don't have digital input on my TV, so I could not compare that with the S-video. But as far as compare to the laser disc, it's very close unless you pay good attention to it or play at lower speed (laser disc is better). Overall, it's a well built player, but there is definitely room to improve.
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Summary: I love it, when it works.
Review: I have a huge DVD collection. So I decided to buy this
DVD changer. And for about a year or so I was in heaven.
Not having to search for A DVD around the house was great.The only problem with this changer, and most people
will not have this problem, but alot of people have.
Is it just randomly stops reading your DVD's. So I would keep that in mind before purchasing this dvd
changer.
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Summary: Great with one small problem
Review: I have had a Pioneer carousel FV727 in a master and slave configuration for about 3-4 years now. About once a year the slave looses all of it's programming. I have to go back and enter all my DVD titles again in the second unit. They stay in there for about a year or so, and then dissapear. Please help. Scott
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Summary: Great with one small problem
Review: I have had a Pioneer carousel FV727 in a master and slave configuration for about 3-4 years now. About once a year the slave looses all of it's programming. I have to go back and enter all my DVD titles again in the second unit. They stay in there for about a year or so, and then dissapear. Please help. Scott
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Summary: Good machine - in comparison - still lacking usability!
Review: I have several DVD players and the picture quality and sound on the DV-F727 is very good. The lack of usability actually comes with loading and maintaining the disc inventory. It is NOT STATE OF THE ART, that for the TITLE as well as for ONE ARTIST there are just 12 characters, despite the GUI interface and the mouse and keyboard. I do like this product, but it obviously never went through some USABILITY testing. I can only hope that there will be some software upgrade available. I seriously recommend the product, but be aware that the nice part - the disc database is MORE THAN LIMITED.
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