Price

No significant improvement over DV-525, returned to store

I have a Pioneer SD532HD5 and DV-525. Decided to try DV-434. Although the progressive out gave a slightly better image, it was just not enough to make any difference for me. If this is your first DVD player and you don't want to spend too much on a progressive one, by all means get DV-434 (of course make sure your TV is compatible with it also). My DV-525 is just fine, so I returned the DV-434.

I tried the Toshiba some time ago, recall the progressive input was some what better than DV-434. But price was also much higher.

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Toshiba 5109, also returned.

Does a whole lot, A WHOLE lot, for not much money!

Plain-Jane construction, but then who watches construction

Opinions are like navels, everyone has one. I've read a lot about this player both pro and con, and to be honest, the only con I can agree with is the plain, lightweight construction of this machine. That said, this DVD player does a whole lot of things well.

You can talk all day about it not being a true progressive scan machine. The same goes for 3:2 pulldown. One thing cannot be denied: this machine rocks. It does just about everything well, including supplying a rock solid, color-saturated picture. Add to that truly wondrous digital sound output and you have a really fine package for a really attractive price.

You can throw rocks at this machine as much as you want. The truth is that us budget buyers have finally found a unit that rivals a whole lot of the home-theater-snobs equipment. I'm happy. And I have some money to spend on other things while I happily munch down my popcorn while I watch crystal clear movies.

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Apex

excellent crystal clear picture

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I don`t care what anyone says this unit is great for the price and its features. I have a panasonic 36inch super flat screen tv and the picture in all modes is is better than the theater.

Inexpensive

Progressive Scan mode is weak.

I was reading all the hype about progressive scan
DVD players and this model was a good entry-level choice
considering the low price. I connected this
to my new Sony Digital 53" projection TV and the DVD
movies were great, I used the component video inputs.

Later on after watching alot of movies, I had people
complain about how blurry the picture was. hmmm??

I turned off progressive scan and used interlaced mode.
That made the images on screen much sharper. Progressive
scan softened the image causing it to appear blurry.

If you want a progressive scan DVD player, this isn't
the choice for you. Frankly, I don't see anything
wrong with interlaced mode. The Sony TV is great,
you don't see the scan lines and the images are sharp.

Other than that, it works for me.

Thylantyr

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Bright Colors, easy installation, plays anything, great picture

Nothing I have found

I had read so much about this DVD not being true Progressive. I have run it with S-Video, RCA, and Monster-3 Component hook ups. I have to tell you, there is a WORLD of difference in Progressive scan mode with the Monster cables.
I have the Pioneer SD-532HD5 TV and the picture blows me away. After I got everything tweaked, we sat and watched the cool parts of Gladiator and Toy Story 2. My wife liked that the DV-434 plays the Anamorphic DVD in full screen mode automatically.
Everything I have thrown at the 434 has run great, older DVDs, Video CD, even the MP3 CD I burned last weekend.
The DVDs load ultra fast, 3-4 times faster than the GE we had before.
I highly recommend the DV-434 and the SD-532HD5 combination.

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