Pioneer DV 525

Before we start I will review the machine as harshly as I can, last thing you need is someone saying how great their own machine is as that won't help a bit. First thing that I noticed was the drive did seem a bit noisy, I was a bit worried about that but as they say, the proof of the pudding is in the eating, and I can't ever recall watching a film and being aware of the noise. The lip sync problems that the Pioneer machines had were resolved when they went from the 515 to the 525. I have never ever seen the slighest hint of it. I've had mine not far off a year now and have never had any trouble. The picture quality is certainly a ...  Read the complete review

Excellent DVD player. Picture is crisp and colour representation is accurate with no visible artifacting in the darker blocks of colour. It can output PAL/NTSC or PAL60 (PAL signal but at NTSC refresh rate) . It has a Good range of connectors on rear include 1 x S-Video, 1 x Composite Video, 1 x Digit audio, 1 x Optical, L&R Analogue audio, only one SCART which can use S-Video, RGB or Composite signal (Recommend RGB though). The main reason I bought this player though was for its ability to play VCD (Video CDs) discs as well as the obvious DVD usage. Being a home movie buff I have non-Linear editing software on my PC which I use for creating ...  Read the complete review

When I was looking around for a DVD player I was looking for a reasonable priced, good picture quality, good connectors and a easy to use interface and controller. I am pleased to say that this DVD player was not a let down. It has excellent picture quality, plays dts sound, has lots of different options to select in the interface. The are a reasonable amount of connectors so that you can link the player to the TV in a lot of different ways. The only disadvantages of this player is the noisey disk spinning which you can hear on quiet parts of a film. The remote control is alittle small as well which is abit of a pain. I would recommend this as ...  Read the complete review

Ever since CD players made there way into cars, pioneer has been a brand name with street cred'. However, over the last couple of years the name has slipped in my opinion. There DVD players are all comparable to similar panasonic products - but without the charm. I got my 525 as a replacement for my 515 after having repeated probrems with sound not lining up with the picture - a common problem even today with high transfer rate movies, such as Leathel Weapon 4, on Pioneer players. When comparing this plyer to models made by other companies (for the same and less) I emmidiatly see the the only thing the Pioneer has going for it is its well crafted drive bay. ...  Read the complete review

I was quite lucky when I purchased this player, as a few of my friends all ready owned this model. This however didnt stop me purchasing it knowing some of the disadvantages that it has. Yes the drive is fairly noisy but during a good movie you dont even notice it. Secondly the remote is poxy but you can put up with for the player certainly makes up for it in quality of picture and sound. I have had a few problems with the machine in that the helicopter scene in "The matrix" looses sound everynow and again. The ending of "The fifth element jumps around. I am not sure wether these are faulty disc's or a one of error on my machines account ...  Read the complete review