Pioneer DV-420V-K

210 reviews

Apr, 2024

Positive
usability (36)
price (23)
design (9)
size (5)

Negative
reliability (11)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 210 reviews of Pioneer DV-420V-K. The average rating for this product is 3.9/5, compared to an average rating of 3.8/5 for other DVD Players for all reviews. People are impressed by the size and design. The price and usability are also mentioned favorably, whereas some have doubts about the reliability.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other DVD Players the Pioneer DV-420V-K is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 78/100 = Good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 11 user reviews of Pioneer DV-420V-K from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 4.8/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other DVD Players on Amazon.co.uk. Reviewers are impressed by the usability. The reliability also gets good feedback.

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100% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2024

Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for Pioneer DV-420V-K

alaTest has collected and analyzed 132 user reviews of Pioneer DV-420V-K from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.6/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.6/5 for other DVD Players on Amazon.com. People really like the design and size. The price and usability also get good views, but many are negative about the reliability.

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68% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2024

Expert review by (consumersearch.com)

Budget DVD player for HDTVs

If you have an HDTV, but don't want to opt for a Blu-ray Disc player such as the Panasonic DMP-BD65K (*Est. $125), the Pioneer DV-420V-K deserves a good look. It can upscale DVDs all the way up to 1080p via its HDMI output, and user reviews generally...

Good picture quality, can upscale video to 1080p, can play files from or write music files to a USB device, can play discs from other parts of the world (with firmware update)

Region-free firmware update not officially supported, not much less expensive than a Blu-ray player

Nov, 2010

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great Player

Excellent picture quality, excellent sound, plenty of connection options, very good remote control, loads a DVD very quickly. Very impressed with it well worth the money. Plays every disk I put in it including copies

none

Mar, 2010

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

NOT REGION FREE

Don't be misled by "multiformat" in the title. It does play PAL/NTSC, but it is not "multiregion", i.e. it will only play US DVDs.

Good player overall

Takes effort to make it see USB drive and show the directory. Had to plug/unplug flash and at the same time switch USB/DVD modes

Mar, 2010

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great DVD/Divx player!

A very well built machine. 1080 Upconversion is beautiful on my 32" Sony Bravia. Plays everything. Looks nice and USB port is a plus. I will definately recommend it to friends. Great price

none

Feb, 2010

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Pioneer DV-420V-K Multi-Format 1080p Upscaling DVD Player

All in all it is an excellent product at a reasonable price.

This DVD player does everything that it advertises. The 1080P upconversion is incredible. I have a 58" plasma and the resolution of this player is far better than I expected. Don't see any reason to go to bluray ; The player displays more info about...

The remote is a bit cheesy but, I only use it to get info about the disk

Jan, 2010

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Solid product

Very happy I made this purchase.

Plays everything that I throw at it. If you plan to use USB, make sure it is formatted FAT32 - it won't play NTFS formatted drives

None

Dec, 2009

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Pioneer DV-420V-K = FANTASTIC

Plays everything I have tried on it

NONE

Nov, 2009

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

An update to '"Test b4 you buy!!'

Had to purchase a software converter - "WM Converter" to be exact ; converted my wmv video files to DivX and now I'm able to watch them using my 1TB external drive ; because of the extra work I give only 3 eggs., would have gotten 5 eggs if it had hit...

none other than what u can find above (if you want to view it like that)

Sep, 2009

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Pioneer DV-420V-K Multi-Format 1080p Upscaling DVD Player

Works good. It's a DVD player, not a lot to get excited about.

works

none

Sep, 2009

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Pioneer DV-420V-K Multi-Format 1080p Upscaling DVD Player

I would have prefered it to have an optical out for surround sound, but its ok the digital feed sound great too.

This is a very well designed dvd player. I have it set to up convert to 1080p on my new LG and it looks amazing. Picture is clear and doesn't have the horizontal letter box like my old Panasonic had because of the compressed picture

None to this point

Aug, 2009

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