Pioneer DV-525 DVD Player

Pros: Outputs, DVD movie quality
Cons: Audio CD quality (for me anyway), flimsy tray and general build quality, price -- there seem to be cheaper models of equal quality

I purchased one of these last March for my in-laws and between us (them using it at home, I using it every time I hang out over there) it has been a fine machine, though I must admit, when I purchased my own DVD player this summer, I bought a Toshiba,...

Pros: Simple to Operate
Cons: Light Weight

Do you know how to program a VCR without going back to the manual? With more and more electronic goods cluttering the house, it is not as simple as it used to be to use advanced electronic gadgets that comes with more and more features. While a little...

Pros: Easy as pie!
Cons: None

I finally got around to hooking this up and what an idiot I was for not doing it sooner! First things first though:

My TV is a Toshiba TW-40F80. This is a 16:9 aspect ratio, rear projector. I have been using my DV-525 with it for some time and...

Pros: true 96 khz signal!
Cons: noisy, delayed fwd/rvs

Nowadays, there are a number of good, moderately priced DVD players on the market from basically every electronics manufacturer around. If you're just looking to be able to play DVDs, and aren't too concerned about video or sound quality, there are a...

Pros: Easy to use. Optical, coax, and RCA outputs allows hookups to all kinds of receivers
Cons: Not a lot of bells and whistles, but enough to satisfy most people.

As many of you have probably read in my past reviews, I bought a Samsung DVD player back in December. OOOPS! Actually, BIG oops. When I learn NOT to buy anything Korean, I don't know. But at least my review was nice. Samsung should thank God I...

Pros: Great picture quality, improvements on previous model's features
Cons: weak remote control design

I've been using the Pioneer DV-525 for the past few months, and its high quality performance has been quite a pleasant surprise. Replacing a somewhat beat up DV-414, the 525 meets or surpasses most of the quality features of the competition among entry...

Pros: Rock-solid video reproduction Audio performance free of digital edginess 480i component video outputs Both coaxial and optical audio jacks Bitstream data monitor capability
Cons: none

Pioneer has long been the leading force behind laser discs and is now a strong contender in DVD players. The DV-525's picture quality is whistle clean and palpable, in part due to Pioneer's own Twin Wave Laser and Viter-Bi RF Decoding Process that reads...

Pros: Excellent audio, video, easy hookup
Cons: More expensive than VHS

Buying a DVD player for the family was not as easy as I thought it would be. There is a lot more than just choosing between a 2-head and 4-head VCR, mostly having to do with the sound and video capabilities of the player.
I settled on the Pioneer...

Pros: Price
Cons: Confusing manual

I bought this product because of the price($230) and previous experience
with Pioneer Products. So far ( 2 weeks) it works well,but the directions for connecting to a digital receiver were a little confusing.
I would say this is a good...

Pros: Great picture and sound, good value for the price.
Cons: Difficult remote, slightly loud tray mechanism.

I purchased this player last November as part of an online deal,
and let me say this is a high quality player.

My previous DVD player was a Zenith, and that player was horrible.
I bought the first one and it broke, and the second one...

Pros: name it, it'll play it. Any format disc
Cons: unlike a Toshiba player, no zoom feature

Many people would say that the Panasonic lines of players are the best. Others argue that it is the Toshiba line. Both parties are correct in saying that the players are great. However, they have one disadvantage. They can't play all types of discs....

Pros: CD-R compatibility
Cons: N/A

Many personal computers these days are shipping with CD-RW CD-ROM drives, which among other things allows for the copying of CDs (songs from a music CD for example). As it turns out, most DVD players don't read the CD-R format. Here's a list put...

Pros: easy to use, great price, saves time - no more rewinding
Cons: none on this product

I was very hesitant to get a dvd player. I am still stuck in the stone age, and we have so many VHS tapes already for the kids that I didn't want to make the change. We received our Pioneer DVD as a Christmas gift, and I love it. The quality is 100...

Pros: sound and picture quality, low cost, durability
Cons: only basic functions on the unit itself

Up until now Pioneer as been turning out some questionable electronics. Their components were good but there was always that little bit more that should have been done to make a component great. Well with the company's 50th anniversery came a logo change...

Pros: Excellent players; still great prices available...
Cons: ...even without the $50 rebate.

Just so people know, the current promotion of a "$50 Rebate" from Pioneer on the DV-414 and DV-525 models does NOT apply to ANY purchases of these players over the Internet except from Circuit City or Crutchfield! I've noticed a few opinions...