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Summary: Excellent picture and features, and plays CD-Rs!
Review: I have been doing quite a bit of research on what DVD player to get. After looking into a sorts of different brands and I came down to two: the Sony S330 and the Pioneer DV525. For those of you who are not familiar with Pioneer, they were the leaders in developing laser disk players. So DVD is something they know very well. Both have pretty much the same features and picture quality is fantastic (even with RCA connectors). They thing that ended up selling me on the Pioneer is that it will play CR recordable media like audio CD and video CDs. That is a big deal to me because this DVD player doubles as my CD player. I have a lot of CD-Rs with rare music on them. The Pioneer performs flawlessly, no glitches of any kind. I was very pleased. As for the sound quality of the Pioneer I would not be able to say because all the sound is going through my Yamaha receiver. I definitely recomend getting a dedicated audio receiver to do audio decode (DolbyDigital, DTS). It makes all the difference in the world. If you plan on getting a receiver Yamaha is the only way to go. My only gripe is that the buttons on the remote are too small.
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Summary: Stop looking,start buying!
Review: I have had this player for 2 weeks and I can't find a single thing wrong with it including the remote. I have viewed about 10 movies without any picture or sound quality problems including The Matrix and Saving Private Ryan. All discs are superior to a VHS in picture and home theater sound but the discs in THX mode are not to be believed. The price is very reasonable and if you are reading this review you will see dozens just like it. If you spent thousands on a home theater system you may want to look a little more down the road but if you have a little more than a modest system like myself with Dolby Digital or DTS than this one will compliment your home theater. For price, quality and value you could do a lot worse than to buy this player.
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Summary: Great dvd! replacement for 414! Dolby and DTS outs GREAT!
Review: I have watched this player in a store and in internet I have searched for its features, is amazing, is as good as 414 and maybe better. Right now in this week im going to buy it, then im going to tell you its pros and crons. Remember it is newer than 414, then it must be better!
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Summary: High Quality at a Low Price
Review: I just purchased the DV525 and found it to be of better quality than my first sub $300 dvd player which I took back because it had a hideous display on the front. The DV525 has all the feature I think I would ever use when playing a movie. Picture quality is very crisp. I like the ability to adjust the picture for Animation or Cinema. It make a huge difference on my older TV. Costco $229 with the Pokemon DVD included.
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Summary: Excellent Player!
Review: I just purchased this DVD Player on the basis of all the reviews I've read here on Amazon.com. I currently have the unit connected to my 32" Mitsubishi TV using the S-Video option (Monster Cables for all connections), and to my Pioneer Dolby Surround receiver(not digital, haven't upgraded yet). The results are truly awesome! Even without an AC-3 receiver, Dolby Surround with DVD still sounds a ton better than my VHS tapes! I've played "The Matrix" and "Blade" without one blip, stutter, or glitch, and believe me, I was watching for them! Even the two lightly scratched DVD rentals I watched spun through without a hitch. I've read that review about the remote...I don't see one problem with it. It has a typical Pioneer design/layout which I am very satisfied with. All in all, I'm glad I stopped at Amazon to read these reviews because they pointed me in the right direction to purchase a quality Pioneer DVD Player that I am VERY satisfied with.
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Summary: Excellent Player!
Review: I just purchased this DVD Player on the basis of all the reviews I've read here on Amazon.com. I currently have the unit connected to my 32" Mitsubishi TV using the S-Video option (Monster Cables for all connections), and to my Pioneer Dolby Surround receiver(not digital, haven't upgraded yet). The results are truly awesome! Even without an AC-3 receiver, Dolby Surround with DVD still sounds a ton better than my VHS tapes! I've played "The Matrix" and "Blade" without one blip, stutter, or glitch, and believe me, I was watching for them! Even the two lightly scratched DVD rentals I watched spun through without a hitch. I've read that review about the remote...I don't see one problem with it. It has a typical Pioneer design/layout which I am very satisfied with. All in all, I'm glad I stopped at Amazon to read these reviews because they pointed me in the right direction to purchase a quality Pioneer DVD Player that I am VERY satisfied with.
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Summary: STILL THE ONE FOR ME
Review: I know not many people may be after this little beauty because its at least 3 years old now. But I have to say mine still has the best interlaced picture I have ever seen. I recently upgraded to a Sony for the SACD capabitlities but, in a head to head picture face off in interlaced mode the little Pioneer roared ahead. It plays any DVD I throw in it. and the sound piped thru my Outlaw 1050 is great. It has a little noise at first then it fades away, layer changes are as fast as any DVD player Ive owned and the picture thru the componet connections to my 32" Phillips tv is stunning. Many people have asked me about the DV-525 when I first got it and Im so glad I did. If one is around somewhere you may still want to get it. It is alot more basic than todys units but it does what it does so well. Im also very pleased with CD playback. It seems to pick up very subtle sounds on yhe disc and relays them quite smoothly. I have used it as my CD player as well now for the 3 years I have owned it. All I can say is Highly Recommened.
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Summary: This is a great machine
Review: I purchased the Pioneer DV-525 at a local Best Buy. A friend had the same unit so I knew of the capabilities of this machine. I basically wanted a DVD player that could play CDR (in addition to professionally made) VCDs. Many DVD players (if they play VCDs at all) will only play professionally made VCDs. This player will play them all. When Best Buy put it on sale and included 5 free DVDs, it was mine. I use it with a Terapin VCD recorder. I play more homemade VCDs than DVDs in this player. The quality of this Pioneer player is awesome !!!
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Summary: This is a great machine
Review: I purchased the Pioneer DV-525 at a local Best Buy. A friend had the same unit so I knew of the capabilities of this machine. I basically wanted a DVD player that could play CDR (in addition to professionally made) VCDs. Many DVD players (if they play VCDs at all) will only play professionally made VCDs. This player will play them all. When Best Buy put it on sale and included 5 free DVDs, it was mine. I use it with a Terapin VCD recorder. I play more homemade VCDs than DVDs in this player. The quality of this Pioneer player is awesome !!!
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Summary: I'm very happy with this machine
Review: I purchased this machine a couple of months ago. I have to say that I'm very happy with the machine. Setting it up was simple. The picture is great. Setting up the video preferences is a piece of cake - if the screen looks warped (as it did the 1st time I put in a 4:3 aspect ratio film), you can easily change the setting to fix it. Most video (and some audio) features can be changed on the fly (the menu comes up over the movie), so you can adjust the picture settings easily, a much appreciated feature.I can't really comment on the audio, as I simply have it plugged in through my television. There doesn't seem to be any difference between the audio settings (there is a feature that supposedly allows you to dampen the background noise and bring out the speech, but on the discs I've tried, I can't notice a difference - again, this may be related to the lack of audio equipment). Switching between languages and/or subtitles is a little more cumbersome than switching video, in that you have to actually stop the movie, but still straightforward (and the movie restarts right where you stopped it). The remote is easy to use. I have a couple of minor complaints. 1. There aren't any buttons on the actual machine - since pretty much everything goes through the menus (the play button is only good for restarting after pausing, it seems), they should put those buttons physically on the machine. This, of course, is a general complaint of all electronic equipment made in the last 10 years. What happens when the dog gets hold of the remote? 2. The slow motion (frame by frame) manipulation is difficult/non-intuitive. You really have to play with the buttons to figure out how to change speed, etc. I looked at a few machines before purchasing this one, and would make the same choice again. Recommended for the DVD neophyte such as myself.
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