Page 1 of Tech Bods Alert! Pioneer 444 Presales Question

Hello there. Im thinking of buying the lovely new Pioneer 444 DVD playah, from those charming chaps at Techtronics.

Now, the player is not equipped with any on-board decoding, and I do not have any outboard gear (simply a telly & a 2chan stereo hifii amp)

I want to know if I am going to get a stereo mixdown sound from the stereo audio OUTS on the unit, (rather than, say, the first two channels of the 5.1 mix) in order that I might hook them up to my amp.

What will the unit output? Will my television (SONY KV29FX11, 29" VEGA 50hz `98 model) be able to handle it?

Your assistance is gratefully apprecd.

The link I have been checking out is:

h**p://www.techtronics.com/uk/shop/50-pioneer-dv-444k-multi-region-dvd-player.html


thanks !

ps: I tried techtronics but they are toooo busy to respond... :-/

OT:
With this particular player not requiring "chipping" in the normal sense, i.e. it only requires a firmware update to remove macrovision and make it multiregion, I would recommend you consider a different retailer for your player.

Interesting. Fascinating insight. Is there any more information in relation to this firmware update? Where might I begin to look for updates to the required firmware?

I shall search online...

Try http://www.homecinemaheaven.co.uk - £200 all in :-)

This item was edited on Tuesday, 11th December 2001, 17:57