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Review 2 of 2
Price Paid:
$180.00
from Centre Hi-Fi Summary:
For the price paid, this progressive-scan player packs some kick-ass value. Strengths:
Plays all the SVCDs that I've throw at it and this, regardless of media. Kodak, Verbatim, Ritek, CMC, Gigastorage, you name the CDRs, the DV-363 will play them.
Plays MP3 files VBR encoded with LAME encoder with the highest bitrate set to 320 kbit/s.
Picture is about the same as my older DV-343 in interlaced mode. In progressive scan mode, the picture is slightly sharper and clearer, about as good as my first generation progressive scan DVD player which is a Toshiba SD-5109.
The sound is pretty good on this "value-class" player. It has virtual surround for people using the player with the TV speakers. Weaknesses:
This player has the same tiny glitch as the DV-353. I guess the Pioneer firmware programmers were too lazy to fix it. If you have a 4:3 TV, playing a SVCD with the player's default settings (4:3) will result in a squished picture, you have to go to the DVD player's setup menu and change the setting as if you have a 16:9 TV. It is a very minor but strange glitch, fixed once and for all in about 10 seconds.
The player cannot view JPG files and play MP3 files at the same time, I have a CDR with both MP3 files and JPG pictures, and if the PhotoViewer mode in on, only JPG files will be detected. I have to turn off the PhotoViewer in order to enable MP3 decoding. Similar Products Used:
Toshiba SD-5109, Pioneer DV-363, Panasonic DVD-A100.
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