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I first purchased a Toshiba 3109 and then a Panasonic 220. Both units had typical dvd sound and picture quality and were fairly easy to use. But some of the features that I wanted were either missing or difficult to use. Also, I am very lazy, and when I had an occaisonal whim to see a portion of of a movie that was not already loaded, I usually did not bother. The Pioneer more than satisfied any disatisfaction that I had with the other players. With 300 + 1 discs available, a quick touch of the shuttle made any disc immediately available. The display menues are incredibly versatile and easy to use compared to other DVD players. And finally the picture was equal to the others, but the sound quality was MUCH, MUCH SUPERIOR. The price may be higher, but dollar for disc and overall quality and features make purchasing this Pioneer DVD a no brainer.

This is a nice changer with some interesting features, but the user interfaces is lacking.

Pros: The "Best" feature allows you to save a chapter to a last-in, first-out list. Press the "Best" button the remote to save the current chapter. When not playing, pressing "Best" plays back the chapters saved. Great for storing those awesome scenes. Pressing next chapter takes you to the next saved disk/chapter.

Digital Noise Reduction. Very nice and highly customizable for those DVD's with lousy transfers.

Single-Loader: Easy to pop in a rental DVD and play.

Cons: Size of Title/Artist fields are tiny and very difficult to fit text into.

Difficult to create play lists

Only displays title on unit display - which is horrible when looking for a CD named "Greatest Hits" and you have several stored in the unit.

Over all a good unit, but comparsion shop and see if there are better user interfaces available. I have no qualms about the display or audio quality.

This is the ultimate DVD player. I used to own a Toshiba and I thought that they made a good machine. This one has it all. 301 disc changer, user friendly remote and a simple to navigate menu. Besides it's ability to organize and sort through three hundred DVD's, it's picture quality is a level above the other DVD players. When you press the pause button, it is like taking a digital picture, on older players the picture seems to jump. What sets Pioneer away from the rest is the sound quality in their products. This is no exception and you will hear it immediatly....

I'm not going to talk about the convenience of 300 disks in one vault. That's obvious. My complaint is that complex scenes with motion, particular motion in the vertical direction, degenerate badly. It's truly embarrassing given that my kids' Playstation 2 offers better video from DVDs.

Specifically, complex textures look as if they have not been antialiased. They shimmer and stutter as they scroll past. Since this is something that will irk me every time I use the device, regrettably I'll be returning it and getting something else.

I bought this unit to hold my entire library, which it does, but won't in a very short while! The machine has never had any malfunctions such as jammed discs and it gets a very good workout. sound and picture quality are excellent. My number one complaint is that the settings spontaneously change, indicating that the machine is plugged into a widescreen TV. I have a 4:3 TV, but all my movies are widescreen. For some aggravating reason, the player will spontaneously start showing the widescreen movie in FULL screen because it thinks the TV is a WIDE screen unit, even though i have set it numerous times to 4:3!! then i have to stop the movie and change the setting back (for the 30th time) so it will play properly. also, they could have allowed more characters for title input, but that is a minor gripe. the user interface can also be a little clumsy, but i can't complain too much about that either. I would recommend this machine even with its comparitively high price tag.