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Does anybody know anything about the Pioneer 626D DVD player, is it any good?, what are the pros and cons?

Hi Chris,

I bought a Pioneer DV-626D player from Techtronics, (http://www.techtronics.com/) last month. I`m incredibly impressed with both the service Techtronics provided and the player as well.

It arrived at my door 4 days after I placed my order, plays every movie I`ve thrown at it, outputs excellent picture and includes both DTS and Dolby Digital decoders (how useful this is if you`re going to end up buying a `proper` home cinema AV Amp I`m not too sure).

Home Cinema Choice gave the player a rave review as well, (check http://www.homecinemachoice.com/testbench/DVDPlayers/Pioneer/PioneerDV-626D.shtml).

My only question would be do you need the luxury of built in DTS and Dolby Digital decoding? If its either your intention not to go the whole hog, (ie: you`re happy with the sound coming from your TV), or you want a seperate amplifier to do your sound decodoing for you - then the extra you pay for a 626D is probably wasted.

Hope that helps, and if I can help further let me know,

Cheers

Barney Gwyther

Thanks for the help, I read the review at homecinemachoice, and its does look an impressive DVD player. Just a few questions, though

1. Does the sound run alright without an amp? Because I`m not sure I`m going to be buying one right at this minute.

2. Is your DVD multi-region?

3. Does it play CDR, CDRW or MP3s?

Hi again. Glad I could be of help.

In answer to your questions:

1. The sound runs fine without an amp. I currently just have the sound going into my TV and playing out through that. Think of it like a video recorder - one cable squirting all the picture and sound into the TV. Of course you don`t get any kind of surround effects but so long as your TV is capable of half decent sound, its okey.

2. Yes mine is multi-region. I bought it from Techtronics, (http://www.techtronics.com/), specifically because they are able to alter the machine in such a way that allows it to play discs from any region. You can read all about the process on their page.

3. I`ve succesfully played regular audio CD`s, CDR`s with audio tracks and CDRW`s with audio tracks. I assume that VCD`s on CDR`s and CDRW`s would also work, but haven`t tried yet. The player isn`t capable of MP3 playback.

Again, hope that helps,

Cheers.

Barney Gwyther