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Summary: Piece of junk - do not buy!
Review: This DVD player worked well for about 9 months, but then started having some very strange problems. The worst part is that the problems are inconsistent and completely unpredictable. It got to the point where we wouldn't rent a DVD because there was no telling if it would play.The most common problem is the DVD player telling me that "This player is incompatible with the region marking on this disk." Which is, of course, not true at all. All of the disks are from the local video store (region 1). I own a few DVDs, and sometimes they work, sometimes they don't - which is very frustrating. Often times it will simply not play certain tracks. Again, no apparent reason - just won't play. It's pretty annoying to be watching a movie, and the player decides not to play chapter 3. The lastest thing that it did was the wierdest. When it got to chapter 4, it replayed chapter 3 - but displayed chapter 4 on the display. This led me to believe that the DVD was messed up, so I took it to the store and of course, it worked fine. When I finally called support they were very hard to reach and antagonistic. Since it had been over 12 months, they could do nothing for me. Great. Thanks alot. And of course it's not worth it to get it fixed - so now I'm shopping for a new DVD player. I definitely won't get a Pioneer - and I would suggest that you don't either.
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Summary: Great for CD-R Playback
Review: This is my 4th DVD player and must say while it was the cheapest one I've owned...it is the best...Briliant picture via S-VHS, fast menu ...what more can you ask for?
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Summary: My First DVD Player - I Couldn't Be Happier!
Review: This is my first DVD player. I searched high and low before I made my purchase and then choose the Pioneer DV-333. The cost was great and it had just the right amount of features. Since this is my first DVD player I didn't want to spend allot or get a product that was going to be to hard set up and operate, this is perfect. Easy to set up, easy to use, great picture and good sound. I would strongly recommend this DVD player to someone new to DVDs.
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Summary: Great DVD Player
Review: This is one of the best "big name" entry level dvd players out there. I chose this one because you can play CD-Rs. I have had no problems with the disc spinning noise that accompany many other entry level dvd players. It does a great job of playing DVDs and CDs. I've never had a skip, jitter, or anything like that. This DVD player passes both Dolby Digital and DTS signals. Buy this thing now!
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Summary: If You Can Take the Heat Get Out of the Kitchen
Review: This is one of the best DVD players you can get. It has an easy to use remote and the picture and sound are great. Its sleek design will look good any place you wish to put it. This one is hot!
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Summary: DVD-333 is the way to go!
Review: This is the 5th DVD player I have auditioned. It has played all my movies with out a hitch. It also plays Telarc's DTS CDs and my own CDRs. It is fast and user friendly. I have been waiting for this one to come out. It is pioneer's appology for the DVD-525. Buy it!
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Summary: Would not recommend
Review: This item broke after watching only a few videos.
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Summary: Depends on your system...
Review: This was the first player I had ever bought. I was looking for a nice entry-level unit that had good picture and sound, and people seemed to like this one. I especially liked how it had component video out, and was, of course, affordable. The problem I found, however, was not so much with the player, but with its compatibility with my system. I've got a Sony WEGA (flat screen) TV. It's a great set, but for this player, too good. With all the DVD's I tried, there was a lot of video noise (pixelization) on the screen. It had problems rendering, especially, greyish areas. While this wasn't interolerable (depending on your P.O.V.), it didn't let me appreciate the DVD's as much as I knew I could. On 2001: Space Oddysey, it did a horrible job rendering many of the images. As I said, I attribute this to my system entirely. For those with mid-range to high-end systems, you should spring for a better player. (I got a Marantz DV-7000). So how did the player fair on a regular set? Just fine. In fact, I gave it to my parents as an x-mas present, connected via composite cables on an old Trinitron set. The picture looks great, and they are very happy. Still, I must confess, there is some noise, but nothing worth complaining about if your not really into home theater anyway. And I'm pretty damn picky. Here's a break down: Pro's: (1)Dual-laser pickup (will play CD-R's); (2)great sound; (3)simple interface; (4)wide array of connection options; (5)good value Con's: (1)slightly pixelated picture (varying by quality of TV set); (2)noisy transport (louder on some DVD's than others); (3)flimsy tray; (4)remote sucks (but what would you expect?) If your comparing this to the Toshiba 1600 model, I'd say the main differences are that the Toshiba has a Zoom feature, while the Pioneer will play a wider range of media (because of the dual-laser pickups.) Consider it!
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Summary: A Disappointing Product
Review: Update: My Pioneer DVD has now been in the shop recommended by Pioneer for over three months. The parts required to repair my DVD have still not been provided by Pioneer. No more Pioneer products for me! Original Review:
I am very disappointed with my Pioneer DVD Player DV-333. After playing approximately 20 DVDs during a period of seven months it has failed. I called customer service 1-800-421-1404 and the representative told me where to take the unit for service. A call to the service people told me that it would take ten days to two weeks service if no parts were required and a month if service was required. Obviously the critical parts on this Pioneer system were not burned in. We got an early unnecessary failure. What a waste of money! As an engineer who has acquired over sixty patents and put a lot of products into production, I know this failure did not have to happen. Pioneer has disappointed me.
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Summary: Works fine in the beginning, but...
Review: We bought this DVD player last Christmas. In the first I'd say 9 months after about 40 DVDs, it stopped playing the newest DVDs we rent from blockbuster. It always stuck before the menu shows up. I've seen similar comments before and I guess this is a built-in mistake. Now we are 5 days away from the deadline of the warrenty and we are going to call the service to see how it goes. Strangely, everything else works fine and it can easily play Video CDs. That is why we didn't discover the problem with DVDs earlier.
So use your money for something else...
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