Pioneer DV-05 DVD Player

First of all, Ill tell you about my basis for an opinion. Im a home theater installer who has seen every dvd player form top of the line to garbage.

This DVD player is a remarkable value for the performance it provides. Since Pioneer updated the DV 05 with the DV 37, the DV 05's price has come down precipitously from its original retail price of $1000.

I was deciding between the DV-05 and the Sony ES7700. It is my subjective opinion that the DV-05 has a better video quality than the Sony. I could not objectively evaluate the audio quality because the two units were not in the same store. The final...

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After much research, I finally settled on the Pioneer Elite DV-05. I found it for $650 new on the net, and was willing to pay an extra $200 for the known Pioneer quality and the superior picture afforded by the Elite's circuitry.