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Top Ranked Products from Pioneer.
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Rating
Reviewed by:
Erik Miitel(Unregistered User)
(Casual Listener)
Review Date
November 10, 2001Overall Rating
 5 of 5
Value Rating
5 of 5
Used product for
3 months to 1 year |
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Review 1 of 16
Price Paid:
$200.00
from Second Hand Store Summary:
I had been seeking such a player for some time, and jumped at the chance to buy it. I also bought shortly after a stack of LD's and already owned some DVDs I was playing on my computer. I do not have a great set up, but I have tested this unit with fairly good Maganvox TV and it worked perfectly. So far I have played most of my DVD collection in the player, including several James Bond DVDs, Terminator 2: Ultimate Edition, Free Enterprise, Seven (special edition), Abyss (Special Edition) and The Family Man. I have also rented Shrek & Hannibal and used most of the their features. I have detected no real problems. On the Hannibal disc, I detected very slight pixelization near the end of the film, but it was so small, and so slight, I almost missed it. Other than a lack of DTS (which doesn't matter to me), I really can't find fault with the unit. The only slight drawback was having to order the remote and manual through a Pioneer dealer and putting out extra money (I paid $200 for the player, plus another $100 for the remote and manual.). Overall a great unit! Strengths:
Affordable, Great play of LD, have played many DVDs with no problems, including recent releases like Shrek & Hannibal Weaknesses:
None that I have detected yet. Similar Products Used:
First time use of DVD/LD player
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Reviewed by:
Frank Jarlett(Unregistered User)
(Audio Enthusiast)
Review Date
March 20, 2001Overall Rating
 4 of 5
Value Rating
 2 of 5
Used product for
1 to 3 months |
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Review 2 of 16
Price Paid:
$500.00
from World Wide Stereo Summary:
Other than the above mentioned cd that became jammed, the unit behaves well. It plays dolby surround on some lasers without having to connect the unit to the RF-in on my Pioneer receiver, while other lasers need to be hooked up to the RF-in. I haven't used any other laser units, but have never had any picture anomalies since buying the unit. Combined with my Pioneer The unit reproduces dolby surround of amazing quality, with deep basses and crystal clear separation. Strengths:
Plays dolby surround and AC-3 in spectacular fashion when connected to my Pioneer VSX-V555 receiver that had a built-in RF demodulator. Weaknesses:
One of my CDs became jammed because it had a slightly rough edge on the inner lip. The unit had to be brought back to the seller to unjam the CD. I haven't played that CD again on the unit, even though it plays on all my other CD units. Similar Products Used:
First time use of combo ld/dvd/cd.
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Rating
Reviewed by:
jon(Unregistered User)
(Audio Enthusiast)
Review Date
December 18, 2000Overall Rating
5 of 5
Value Rating
5 of 5
Used product for
More than 1 year |
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Review 3 of 16
Price Paid:
$567.00
from best buy Summary:
Bought this unit as a demo marked down to $567 at Best Buy. My other Pioneer LD had broken down, so I needed a solution that looked ahead (DVD) while preserving my LD investment. I run the unit on optical out for sound and SVHS for pic, and it works like a champ. I haven't had any problems with the unit, and Pioneer has been good about sending me a new remote and a manual when I needed them. It's been over 2 years now without any mechanical issues. The Matrix is a new double-layered CD that the Pioneer has problems with, but it is a first generation problem I can live with since I have the Sony multi-disk player to run DVDs too. Strengths:
durable workhorse, great DVD and LD solution with good video and DD 5.1 capability Weaknesses:
No DTS, won't play the Matrix right, no component video out, kinda noisy like all LD players Similar Products Used:
Sony 200 DVD player, Samsung, Toshiba
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Rating
Reviewed by:
jon(Unregistered User)
(Audio Enthusiast)
Review Date
December 18, 2000Overall Rating
5 of 5
Value Rating
5 of 5
Used product for
More than 1 year |
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Review 4 of 16
Price Paid:
$567.00
from best buy Summary:
Bought this unit as a demo marked down to $567 at Best Buy. My other Pioneer LD had broken down, so I needed a solution that looked ahead (DVD) while preserving my LD investment. I run the unit on optical out for sound and SVHS for pic, and it works like a champ. I haven't had any problems with the unit, and Pioneer has been good about sending me a new remote and a manual when I needed them. It's been over 2 years now without any mechanical issues. The Matrix is a new double-layered CD that the Pioneer has problems with, but it is a first generation problem I can live with since I have the Sony multi-disk player to run DVDs too. Strengths:
durable workhorse, great DVD and LD solution with good video and DD 5.1 capability Weaknesses:
No DTS, won't play the Matrix right, no component video out, kinda noisy like all LD players Similar Products Used:
Sony 200 DVD player, Samsung, Toshiba
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Reviewed by:
Glenn Blaue(Unregistered User)
(Audio Enthusiast)
Review Date
December 7, 2000Overall Rating
 3 of 5
Value Rating
 1 of 5
Used product for
More than 1 year |
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Review 5 of 16
Price Paid:
$1100.00
from High Fidelity House Summary:
After using my DVL-700 for 3 years, I have been pleased with the audio and video from this unit. Recently the unit has been taking a very long time to start reading dvds, if it reads them at all. I have requested goodwill assistance from Pioneer with no luck. I believe that a product that costs $1100 should have much more than a 3 year usable life. I am rather disappointed in Pioneer's level of customer service. Strengths:
LD/DVD combo is a nice feature. Weaknesses:
Durability. Pioneer doesn't appear to be very customer satisfaction oriented. Very noisy unit.
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