Pioneer DV525 DVD Player

• Plays Dolby Digital/DTS DVDs, video CDs, audio CDs and CD-Rs
• Component-video outputs
• S-video and composite-video output
• 10-bit video processing
• 96 kHz, 24-bit digital audio

After having owned this DVD player for about a month...I feel that I have made a great choice.. This player comes with s-Video and RCA outputs.. as well as Component video outputs.. something you don't see on less expensive players. This player also has a optical digital out for connecting to a digital 5.1 reciever (yes.. you will need a full reciever, not just a 'ready' one).

I find that the picture quality is superb, even using my yellow rca vidoe out on an old sharp 25" tv... all the way up to a Proscan 32" tv. Hookup is easy with NO hassles. Sound is excellent when simply hooked up to your tv.. but you will need a decent reciever to hear the 5.1 or DTS audio.. Remember.. the sound is only as good as the speakers / system you hook it up to... most small built in tv speakers just don't do DVD justice.

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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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After about two months of reading reviews and asking questions, I had it narrowed down to the DV525 and Toshiba's SD1200. Both were on sale last weekend. The latest issue of Home Theater magazine has a good article on the Pioneer, but was still worried about the dark picture I was reading about, also the artifacts on the Toshiba display. I wrote to the author of the review; he was kind enough to respond and reiterate his thoughts on the Pioneer being a worthy DVD player. He then pointed me to the technical editor of the magazine who had more hands on time with both players. The T.E. also responded (same day!)with what finally swayed me; Both are excellent players, but if it were him purchasing, would take the Pioneer for a 4:3 display, and the Toshiba on a 16:9 display. Sold to the man with the 4:3 set. Took about 10 minutes to connect and setup. 30 minutes to calibrate picture (I'm picky and want a clear, sharp display). Started the first movie (Godzilla 98) and could not stop grinning. Excellent picture, great sound even from Pro-Logic receiver. Heard no transport noise at "low theater" volume. No problems with The Matrix. Why only four stars? Nothing is perfect, but I haven't found anything wrong. Excellent player!

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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.

I've had the player for about a month and its great. I have no complaints, it was a toss up between this player and the panasonic A-120. After i heard about the A-120s hit and miss quality i went with the Pioneer.

No regrets, an excellent machine.