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Summary: Awesome DVD Player!
Review: I received the Pioneer DV-626D as a gift. Everything about it is absolutely outstanding. It plays the Matrix (for instance) with no frame loss or distortion as I've seen on some of my friend's "cheaper" players. Setup was a breeze (I'm not an expert) and I was especially impressed by the almost "over-kill" jack-wise on the back panel. I have a Panasonic TV and a Yamaha receiver/speakers/HT and I've had no compatibility problems. If I had to say anything negative, it would be on the remote controller. It is rather bulky and cumbersome. Even so, for me it is only a marginal negative because I use the "universal" remote that came with my Yamaha receiver (that controls four of my audio appliances and is about one-third the size of the Pioneer! :-) Without doubt, at the time of this writing, IMHO this is the best DVD player in Amazon's catalog.
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Summary: Awesome DVD Player!
Review: I received the Pioneer DV-626D as a gift. Everything about it is absolutely outstanding. It plays the Matrix (for instance) with no frame loss or distortion as I've seen on some of my friend's "cheaper" players. Setup was a breeze (I'm not an expert) and I was especially impressed by the almost "over-kill" jack-wise on the back panel. I have a Panasonic TV and a Yamaha receiver/speakers/HT and I've had no compatibility problems. If I had to say anything negative, it would be on the remote controller. It is rather bulky and cumbersome. Even so, for me it is only a marginal negative because I use the "universal" remote that came with my Yamaha receiver (that controls four of my audio appliances and is about one-third the size of the Pioneer! :-) Without doubt, at the time of this writing, IMHO this is the best DVD player in Amazon's catalog.
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Summary: Major Disappointment
Review: I've had this DVD player for a couple months now after purchasing it based upon the features and reviews. While I'm impressed by the number of jacks this player has, I think this was not the best choice for me. First, I watch a lot of subtitled DVDs, and one feature I really like is to be able to fast-forward through some parts of DVDs while still being able to read the subtitles. Unfortunately this is not possible with the Pioneer 626 (the subtitles get lost), although my brother's similarly-priced Panasonic DVD player does have this feature. Also, I thought it would be useful to have a player with Dolby Digital and DTS decoding built in, but now I realize it's rather useless since my current 8-year-old receiver needs to be upgraded anyways to support these standards, and it makes more sense to have the support in the receiver than the DVD player. Finally, the remote is a little difficult to use sometimes. Overall, while I'm happy with the image quality produced by the DV-626D, I wouldn't recommend it for others to purchase.
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Summary: Somewhat disappointed
Review: I've had this DVD player for a couple months now after purchasing it based upon the features and reviews. While I'm impressed by the number of jacks this player has, I think this was not the best choice for me. First, I watch a lot of subtitled DVDs, and one feature I really like is to be able to fast-forward through some parts of DVDs while still being able to read the subtitles. Unfortunately this is not possible with the Pioneer 626 (the subtitles get lost), although my brother's similarly-priced Panasonic DVD player does have this feature. Also, I thought it would be useful to have a player with Dolby Digital and DTS decoding built in, but now I realize it's rather useless since my current 8-year-old receiver needs to be upgraded anyways to support these standards, and it makes more sense to have the support in the receiver than the DVD player. Finally, the remote is a little difficult to use sometimes. Overall, while I'm happy with the image quality produced by the DV-626D, I wouldn't recommend it for others to purchase.
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Summary: A DVD player that plays almost any DVD's
Review: It's an excellent DVD player I must say. My husband and I did extensive research on DVD players before buying this one, last summer. We were told Pioneer players have reputation for crisp picture which is true. Audio is good. For someone who never owned a stand-alone DVD player in the past, remote control may be a little confusing at first but you will be pleased that you can choose audio/subtitle track with a click of a button. While I'm satisfied that this player can play most titles including ones some people seem to have trouble with (Saber Marionette J discs to name a few), it does not seem to like the certain layer changeover in Rurouni Kenshin #5 disc. For your information, no one mentions this is a Region-coded player (R1) so you cannot play import DVD's which is one feature I would have liked to have.
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Summary: Sweet!
Review: Let me just say that although this is the best DVD player I've seen so far, I've only owned 2. And that included this one. :) But that doesn't mean it's great. My first DVD player was a cheap Sanyo that was on as a WalMart special. Although it seemed to play discs okay, any scenes with a lot of red showed a LOT of color bleeding. And also, when I played the Director's Cut of Robocop (one of the reasons I bought a DVD player in the first place), the player freaked out in the middle of the 12th chapter and wouldn't play the rest of the movie! I think it was the layer change-over. The Pioneer, however, handled it without a problem. Also, the bleeding red is non-existant. I read a review somewhere where a guy said that the picture from this player is almost TOO sharp! I have to agree, it's crisp as anything. You might want to turn down the sharpness on your television! When I went shopping for a new player, I didn't really want built in Dolby Digital/DTS decoding because I only have a stereo setup at home. However, as soon as you go above about $300, the players start coming with built-in decoders. I've always been one to believe that you get what you pay for, so I wanted the most expensive player I could get *without* a decoder....! Needless to say, the extra wasn't spent just on the decoder. It's a high-quality player all around, definately worth the price. There were a few gripes below about the build quality (yes, it's kind of cheap feeling/looking) and the remote, but these aren't the main reason you buy a DVD player, are they? I don't see how you could be disappointed with this player. Better get 'em while they're hot!
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Summary: Spectacular
Review: The DV626 is really a great product, aside from superior video reproduction the Dolby Digital & DTS decoders are great added features. Of all DVD players in the market, I think this is the best that money can buy.
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Summary: broken in 14 months
Review: This is a fine player--when it played. Unfortunately it began skipping after 14 months...not what we expect in an item allegedly near the top of Pioneer's consumer product line. My entire system is pioner from the Elite projection T.V. to the surround receiver. Everything else has been fine.
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Summary: broken in 14 months
Review: This is a fine player--when it played. Unfortunately it began skipping after 14 months...not what we expect in an item allegedly near the top of Pioneer's consumer product line. My entire system is pioner from the Elite projection T.V. to the surround receiver. Everything else has been fine.
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Summary: A superb DVD Player
Review: This is my first DVD player, and I've now had my unit since December of 2000-just before Christmas. I'm using it in conjunction with a Denon 775RD receiver and a Yamaha DSP-E492 Surround unit. The Yamaha delivers only Dolby Prologic decoding, so, in order to get true Dolby Digital, or AC-3 sound, I had to get a player with built-in Dolby decoding. I've run into only 1 problem with playback of any of the 30 or so DVDs and 3 or 4 CDs I've tried. That happened on the X-Men when I first attempted to play back the deleted scenes after having watched the movie all the way through. For some reason when I chose an item it would just return to the menu. However, after I ejected and reinserted the DVD the scenes played without a problem. I've read about some mechanical problems and poor quality remotes, but the mechanical problems seemed to be centered on a production month of October, 1999 (Mine was built in January,2000), and the remotes must have been redone. Mine does have a joystick, but the remote is no lighter in weight that most of my others, and the joystick is anything but flimsy. Once I got used to it I like it. Overall, despite the fact that it doesn't have zoom or NUON capability, the picture and the sound, depending on the DVD itself, are superb. I'd say awsome, but that word's been way overused. This player can't be beat for quality. I'll definitely keep Pioneer in mind when I graduate up to my next player, but that'll probably be several years into the future.
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