Customer Reviews

Pioneer DV-414 DVD Player

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For the money, this player can't be beat. With all of its audio and video outputs, it integrates beautifully into just about any system. The DV-414 has component, s-video, and composite video outputs, as well as coaxial and optical digital audio outputs. You might be tempted to believe that Pioneer would not be able to deliver great performance out of a player with this many features as such a low price point, but that isn't the case. Picture quality is astounding, and the audio is excellent, especially through the digital audio outputs. The DV-414 is an excellent addition to any home theater, from inexpensive shelf systems to the ultra high-end. Buy it, you won't be dissapointed.

PROS: Full featured for a home theatre system (96KHz 24 bit D/A converter, Dolby Digital, DTS, optical output, component video output), nice price, EXCELLENT image and sound quality, beats other DVDs I've seen on these fields, nice face, LED panel can be turned off, lots of programming possibilities for those addicted to this (not my case, I'm confortable with viewing and hearing its quality). CONS: Remote doesn't have the best layout, may not be compatible with Pioneer's DVD R/RW. With the DV 414, Pioneer has proven that although quality has a price, it doesn't need to be above US$ 300. Bought mine on December 1999 and couldn't be happier, specially considering its price/features/performance/quality. If you like movies and are budget conscious, I can only but recommend the DV 414.

Excellent playback with just the right balance for a starter DVD. The player has all the basic needs covered for a DVD player at a great price. All this, not to mention that it is a Pioneer, a mainstream name brand that is trusted.

Got the player as a gift,eazy hook-up to my Sharp 27 in. T.V.. Purchased a optical cable to hook-in my Pioneer reciever,sound and picture can't be beat. I would have paid $379.00 for this player,a local eletronics store had in it's ad. It will play CD's also, one at a time.

I noticed the person who gave this player a bad review mentioned it was worst than his inexpensive VCR. That rang a bell. Because of the DVD's copyright protection mechanism, you can not run a DVD thru a VCR to a TV. Although this person didn't describe their setup, the mention of the comparison to an inexpensive VCR might imply that they also have a tv with only one video input. Most people with such a setup would be tempted to have both a VCR and DVD player connected at the same time. Going thru a VCR seems like it should work, but it won't. Any DVD player will outperform any VCR player. When someone says otherwise, there is an error somewhere.

BUYERS, BE AWARE.
I had 2 DVD players made by Pioneer. They are nice machines... for a little over a year. Then the warranty expires. The problem these players seem to have has to do with poorly designed dual laser pick up (one - for DVDs, the other one - for CDs and Video CDs). The first player I had stopped playing CDs and Video CDs, I got the other one - this one stopped playing DVDs.
On the positive side - the picture is very good, so if you are after a short-term buy go ahead, otherwise look for another brand.

I bought 525 and it is as good as one can expect it to be. I short listed 525, 414 and toshiba 31xx model and finally went for 525. I heard some complaints on the net that it sometimes freezes/locks ans 414 has a lip-sync problem sometimes. 525 is a new model and we don't have sufficient time to find out its bugs yet LOL but it has been a good experience so far.

I bought one of these DVD players from Amazon.com. This is an awesome DVD player for a great price. I love my DVD player. Pioneer is awesome and so is Amazon.