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Review on πŸ“€ Pioneer DV-434 DVD Player: Cutting-Edge Entertainment Experience by Brian Trotter

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Best value for money

We bought this DVD player to use progressive scan on our Mitsubishi Diamond Series 65 inch HDTV projection TV. For the price you pay, this DVD player is a great buy! We compared the player to other DVD players including Toshiba SD 5109 and JVC 723GD. It was a little blurrier compared to Toshiba's Pioneer models, but that was only after we switched the input picture back on our TV, meaning you probably won't notice the difference unless you decide to look for it the difference (very small in my opinion) is really worth the big $$$ difference. JVC model, Pioneer beats it. In fact we were very disappointed with JVC as our stereo is JVC and with a dedicated JVC link our remote control would have been much easier. But the result of the JVC turn image was even worse than Pioneer, which we previously thought was the simplest entry-level progressive DVD player (although, strictly speaking, we're told the Pioneer version is a line doubler, not real technology 3-2 progressive pulldown). ). But whichever way you put it, the pictures don't lie and we were very happy that we saved quite a bit of money by choosing the Pioneer instead of spending more on Toshiba or JVC. Money aside, Toshiba remains our pick, but depending on your priorities, it may be worth saving the money and buying an HDTV tuner so you can receive HDTV.

Pros
  • Stylish and modern design
Cons
  • Definitely bad product