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Pioneer DV-414. Is this a good DVD Player?

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Posted by Dave Z on July 29, 1999 at 09:52:09

Hey Folks

I recently purchased a great sound system(according to me at least :) , consisting of NHT speakers and a Denon reciever, and in order to take advantage of this newly increased audio performance, I let the folks at my audio store sell me the above mentioned player for $320 bucks. My question is three-fold:

First, Is this a good DVD Player? As I am totally new to this scene, I am utterly un-educated, and am doing a little research in retrospect. fyi, it has 10 bit video, 24 bit audio, and is CD and Video CD compatible.

Second, was the price I payed reasonable? This was an open box purchase, and I was led to believe that it was a very good DVD player, and worth the bucks, but I have begun to question that info.

Lastly, is Dolby Digital the same as 5.1? I am pretty sure that it is, but I'd love a little confirmation there, and if it isn't, what's different about them?

Thanks very much for your comments and time!

Dave Z

Oh, one more question if you have a sec: Currently, my only video hook-up option was a stright video out cable, as that was all I had available to me on me TV. I'm wondering if I am losing video quality, as compared to S-video cable and connections, because of this? Are they different, in terms of quality? Anything else I should know in order to get the best performance from my DVD system?

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