Page 1 of Great Offer: Pioneer HTD5 @ £199.99

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I phoned up their customer services people to check that it is the correct price, its coming up apparently as being £473.99 and she had to confirm the price on their werbsite which is £199.99. They said its first come first served on these Puppies...

Heres the specs on the pioneer site:
http://www.pioneer.co.uk/uk/product_detail.jsp?product_id=2067&taxonomy_id=62-100

I couldnt help myself:

5-disc Home Cinema System
This full-featured home cinema system has everything you need: a 5-disc DVD/CD/VideoCD carousel with a built-in amplification for the 5 speakers and passive subwoofer for great sound and both Dolby Digital and DTS decoders. The big front satellite speakers provide excellent 2-channel audio reproduction. It sounds great. Looks good too, with a slanted front panel giving the unit a slimmer appearance. The 5-disc carousel allows you to keep 5 discs (DVD, CD or DVD and CD)in one "drawer ", so that you can enjoy many hours of uninterrupted audio and/or DVD Video entertainment. Centralised function keys on top make this system handy to use when placed in your rack. There is also the added benefit of easy installation thanks to the colour-coded speaker terminals.

Key features HTD-50
DVD-Video / DVD-R / RW Playback in Video Mode
CD-R / RW / CD / VideoCD Playback
7 advanced Theater Modes
6-channel amplifier with increased power
New design following slimline trend
5-disc carousel
System HTD-50
Display FL
Dimmer Control 5 Step
Remote Control Unit Yes
Amplifier HTD-50
Surround DIN Front 65 W / ch (8 Ohm, 1% THD)
Surround DIN Centre 24 W (6 Ohm, 1% THD)
Surround DIN Surround 24 W / ch (6 Ohm, 1% THD)
Surround DIN Subwoofer 65 W (8 Ohm, 1% THD)
Surround RMS Front 87 W /ch (8 Ohm, 10% THD)
Surround RMS Centre 33 W (6 Ohm, 10% THD)
Surround RMS Surround 33 W / ch (6 Ohm, 10% THD)
Surround RMS Subwoofer 87 W (8 Ohm, 10 % THD)
Surround Sound HTD-50
Dolby Pro Logic Surround Yes
Dolby Digital Yes
DTS Digital Surround Yes
DSP Mode HALL 1 & 2 Yes
DSP Mode JAZZ Yes
DSP Mode DANCE Yes
DSP Mode THEATER 1 & 2 Yes
Advanced Theater STANDARD Yes
Advanced Theater MUSICAL Yes
Advanced Theater DRAMA Yes
Advanced Theater ACTION Yes
Advanced Theater VIRTUAL SURROUND 1,2 Yes
Advanced Theater REAR WIDE Yes
Audio HTD-50
Midnight Listening Mode Yes
P-Bass Yes
Bass/Treble Tone Control Yes
Subwoofer Level Control Yes
Tuner HTD-50
RDS Tuner Yes
Presets 30
Auto Tuning Yes
Timer Wake up / Sleep
DVD HTD-50
Playback Discs DVD / DVD-R / VCD / CD / CD-R / CD-RW
Twin-Wave Laser Pickup Yes
Dual System (PAL/NTSC) (Video output) Yes
Video Signal D/A Converter 10-bit
D/A Converter 96kHz/24-bit
Conveniences HTD-50
Advanced GUI (Graphical User Interface) Yes
Basic/Expert Mode Selection Yes
Guide Indication Yes
Set-Up Navigator Yes
On-Screen Information Yes
Special Play Functions HTD-50
Programme Memory (Title or Chapter) Yes
Resume Function (Stop Key) Yes
Condition Memory (DVD, 15 discs) Yes
Continue Play Memory
(Last Memory) (5 DVD`s, 1 VCD) Yes
Repeat Mode (All,Title/Chapter,A-B) Yes
Programme Play (CD/Track,Video/Chapter,Title) 24
Still Play (Field/Frame) Yes
Still/Step Play(Forward/Reverse, except VCD reverse) Yes
Slow Play (except VCD reverse) Yes
Random Play Yes
10-Key Direct Search and Play (Chapter/Track) Yes
Title Search Yes
Track/Time search Yes
Accurate Digital Servo with Automatic Jitter Adjustment (DVD) Yes
Viter-bi RF Decoding Process (DVD) Yes
Quick Start Yes
Transfer Bit Rate Indicator Yes
Terminals HTD-50
Digital Input Coaxial Yes
Audio (TUNER Included)/Video Inputs TV x 1 / AUX x 1
Audio/Video Output AUX OUT x 1
S-Video Input/Output no/yes
S2 Compatibility Yes

Correct me if im wrong but £199.99 for a 5 disc DVD/CD/CDR/VCD player with 330watt RMS surround sound, with built in Dolby digital/DTS amplification is a steal isnt it?

Only draw back is its meant to be chunky, but frankly i couldnt care less.

Just thought id give people the opportunity, and they havent got many i dont think.

**NOTE**Ordering via the website takes 3 days to process before they dispatch it by the way, However if you oder over the phone it will go through instantly. I ordered over the phone at 4:30pm today, its being dispatched tomorrow and delivered inside of 5 working days. Basically you order tomorrow by phone your only gonna have to wait 1 wkend.

Have fun lads.

This item was edited on Thursday, 2nd January 2003, 17:41

GREAT bargain`s!

Only been on here 10 minutes and spent £210!

Good spot old bean!!!

Eh mate thats no problem me old cocker spaniel!

What else you bought then?

Any idea where i can get some cheap decent speaker stands from suitable for this bad boy?

The retail price is only £299. With multiregion, RCE, macrovision etc. taken care, it is sold at £249.
http://homepages.force9.net/grahamash/magic/index.html

Ye i phoned their store up today, he said they too havent got many left, but i simply couldnt justify spending the extra £50 for something id rarely use, money is a little tight shall we say hehe.

I shall also quote him by saying he said the sound quality was better than the Sony DAV500 (£500) in his opinion, very good quality and real loud.

This item was edited on Friday, 3rd January 2003, 01:31

Not meaning to put a downer on the whole board BUT! the links you have to the pioneer site are for the `htd50`, and the other link is for the `hdt5`.

Does anyone know if the features are the same between the two?

Sorry for pointing out the obvious! keep up the bargain hunting!!

Their the same matey.

They also have the DV444KIT for £299. It is the slimline dvd player, amp, and speaker package (which includes an ACTIVE sub). Not bad value for a good looking ultra-slim home cinema package.

Multiregionmagic have sold out of the players this morning. HED.co.uk dont appear to be listing it on their website either now, so i assume they too have sold out.

Just looked at that KIT444, could they have made an uglier sub?