Pioneer DV-490V-S Progressive Scan DVD Player with HDMI

Average customer rating: 3.5

nice but lacking
Incompatiblity Issue: Read before buying
Excellent performance at a great price

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Pioneer DV-490V-S Progressive Scan DVD Player with HDMI

Manufacturer: Pioneer
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000EZKZLA

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Product Description

An advanced DVD player featuring HDMI, progressive scan, DivX video playback, WMA compatibility, and JPEG/MP3 simultaneous playback for ?slideshow with music?. JPEG PhotoViewer (FUJICOLOR CD/Kodak Picture CD Compatible) Video Adjust Menu (Sharpness, Brightness, Contrast, Gamma, Hue, Chroma Level) Zoom Function WMA (Windows Media Audio)/ MP3 play on prerecorded CDR or CDRW ?DTS (Digital Theater Systems) Digital Output (DVD) Dolby Digital Output Dialogue Enhancer Virtual Surround mode Advanced GUI Disc Navigator for Easy Browsing Last (Position) Memory - 5 (DVD)/1 (VCD) 1 HDMI / 1 Coaxial Digital Output / 1 S-Video Output / 1 Audio/1 Video Outputs / Component Video Output (DVD, Video CD) Unit Dimensions (W x H x D) - 16-9/16 x 1-15/16 x 8-7/16 inches / 420 x 49.5 x 213.8mm / Unit Weight - 3 lbs. 15 oz. / 1.8kg

Customer Reviews:

nice but lacking .......2007-01-30

My older discontinued Pioneer 588A which I love has more features then this such as optic audio out and sacd this unit sadly lacks
but is nice unit for those who do not require this
but sadly I do and would of be buying the DV-696 promised last January 2006 at the Las Vegas show but never delved to the US market(only released in Europe)

Incompatiblity Issue: Read before buying.......2006-10-25

I replaced a 13 month old Toshiba SD-V593 DVD/VCR combo unit with this Pioneer DVD. Toshiba player broke after the time mentioned and is already in the junk yard. See my review on that thing, please, before buying one.

But on to the Pioneer: This Pioneer unit, after set up, which was easy enough, gave me a surprise, an unfortunate one! Mated through the HDMI cable to my Sony KD 34XS955 HDTV (34" screen, 16:9 ratio), any DVD played was severly cropped. Wide screen DVD's had bars both above and below the picture. Full screen picture was cropped at the sides -- the full screen image from the Toshiba was FULL SCREEN. I know all the stretchings and so forth tricks but couldn't get a full screen picture, so I phoned Pioneer for information from "technical support."

Well, a pleasant person, after grasping what I was saying, that I wanted to have a true "full screen" image sans zoomings, stretchings or whatever, excused themselves to "read through the manual for a minute." Ok, fine... but I myself had, by the time I was forced to call Pioneer support, virtually memorized the manual and had manipulated both the DVD player and the TV manifold times, to no satisfactory end.

After support person came back on the phone, I was told I would "probably" have to add some cable connecton, like, for example, component cables, then try it again. Hogwash. I bought the DVD player with the HDMI so there wouldn't be screwing around with cables. I sure don't know what the issue is, but if you've a wide screen TV, don't buy this unit.

I've no quarrel with clarity of picture, sound or set up -- though it did take many button pushings on the remote to get the settings to change during set up procedure; really reluctant to make commanded changes, for some reason? As concerning image clarity, I cannot really say what it might have looked like IF it had filled my TV's screen, as it should have on full screen mode.

Bottom line: This unit of slight use to me, except as a gap-filler before the Sony DVD player I've had to order gets here. How many times do we consumers have to buy electronic gadgets to get one that will work as it should and not self-destruct either right away or after just a year or so?

Excellent performance at a great price.......2006-09-26

This is an excellent DVD player for matching with a HD TV. I am using it with a Samsung LNS2651D 26" LCD HDTV in my bedroom and I am impressed with the result. I have it coupled with HDMI. This gives the best visual performance by far and is probably required for 1080i upscaling.

The player also handles DivX in Home theatre profile (i.e. no support for DivX HD profile,as tested on the material I had) and gives good results. It is supposed to handle MP3 and WMA formats, but I have bought this primarily for video entertainment and have not tested those features.

Startup and loading DVD is a bit slow - takes about 10-15 seconds.

Overall a great purchase for the price from Amazon.

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