Solid audio and video capabilities. Versatility. Decent quality and construction for the price.

At the price nothing.

At 440.00 USD for a multiplayer with such decent characteristics and features is a bargain. Nice and solid audio and video performance. Hooked (digital) to a mid/high-end audio receiver it shines. SACD and DVD audio is also very good. You can buy it with multizone capabilities which adds versatility to a very good package. In progressive (component) video output to my Optoma H30 projector gives a really impressive picture quality.

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Denon 2800. Pioneer 656.

Video, DVD-A

SACD, CD play back.

I wanted a player that did everything. And it does, just not very good. That being said, the video portion is decent, handles movies ok. I read that certain manufactures are in either DVD-A camp or SACD. They might build a player that does both, but favor the format that they back. And Pioneer backs DVD-A, which I can say sounds great. The guy who said that this player does not have bass management in the DVD-A section is wrong, it does. Just not in sacd. Over all not a bad entry into a universal player, as long as you don't pay over 250.00 for it.In another review someone said it has good soundstaging and seperation. I don't think it does. It's ok but not better than my Rotel cd player. I will keep this player till I can afford a highend universal player. I can't complain as it got me in the door to multi-channel music.

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Yamaha, Marantz, Rotel

Universal, look

Overpriced

Expensive, but I wanted a player able to read everything : CD, SACD, DVD-V, DVD-A, from all over the world (region free). Decent sound with CDs ; Very good image ; but I am disappointed by the build quality. In fact, this player is at 99% similar to the DV-653A, but cost the double !

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Denon DV-2800, Pioneer DV-653A,

Excellent audio and video; a great all-in-one player if your system is made up of small speakers with a subwoofer, or if you don't care about hearing any frequencies below 80 Hz.

In spite of catalogs, specifications and setup menus touting bass management, there is none on this unit (through the 5.1 analog outputs)

The Elite DV-45A seemed the ideal compromise for me; a universal player for a moderate cost. However, it disappointed me mightily. More later. I found watching DVD Video using this player a joy; I found the picture quality after calibration outstanding on my Elite rear projection HD set, viewing video and movie sources. The sound through the digital outputs to my Elite receiver and 5 full-range Bose 901's blew me away and I looked forward to listening to DVD Audio and SACD disks. But alas, the audio produced by this player through the 5.1 analog outputs playing any disk (audio or video) lacked any frequencies below 80 Hz in the main speaker channels. After troubleshooting my setup for many hours and trying another player with the same result, my dealer informed me that Pioneer admitted the "bass management" feature did not work on this model. This meant that setting speakers to "large" and/or turning the subwoofer "off" made no difference to the audio provided to the 5 channels. All speakers are permanently set to "small" and subwoofer "on" regardless of what the operator does in the setup menu. The resulting sound of SACD and DVD Audio is thin and without low frequency foundation, even though the high and mid frequencies are clean and gorgeous. This problem affects only those listeners who persist not using a subwoofer, or who may wish to combine their large speakers with a subwoofer. This is a light component, but a good-looking one. I liked the auto-progressive video feature, which preserved the integrity of 4:3 images on my widescreen set and versatility of the video adjustments (which, unlike the audio adjustments, seemed to have an effect).

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JVC XVD-723 Pioneer DV-563A (bass management works on this one! But the audio doesn't compete.)

Price,Play all Machine Styling, Video Quality

Not the last word in SACD or Redbook Sonics, That's about all..

The DV-45A is Pioneer's response to an A/V audience that needs a universal player for less.This machine Plays Bascially every disc you ask it to & well. It can be got for a cool street price of $399 in most cases. The sonics are somewhat on par with the DV-47A. It does not have the sonics of a dedicated CD player but will work well as a transport. The Picture quality for a do-all machine is excellent. Plenty of Menu Driven options are available to change when necessary. Build Quality is lesser than Previous Elite Models but that's the way to keep its Budget Price Tag.. The SACD playback is good, the DVD-A spinning is better. To sum the DV-45A up it is a winner & a No-brainer in it's price category.

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DV-47A Lexicon RT-10 Yamaha DV-s2300