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The Daewoo DVG-9000N DVD Player is a very good machine if you can get one that is reliable. Mine worked just fine right out of the box. Quite a few have had to return their 9000's. I left mine on 24 hours a day for the first week to burn it in and test it for reliability. So far it has been dependable and all functions work properly.
I bought it because I could connect it directly to a computer monitor via its VGA output. The picture quality in that mode (progressive scan VGA to computer monitor) is stunning. With the s-video and composite video outputs, the PQ very good, especially at the price. I have not tried the progressive component outputs. The remote control is very comprehensive. The remote can alter pitch on DVD movie soundtracks as well as on the Karoake microphone input. Changing actors' voices can be very entertaining.
I downloaded a firmware update, burned it onto CD-R and loaded it into the DVG-9000. Now I can bypass/access all region codes and the Macrovision is disabled. Before the update, the Macrovision was permanently active even with non copy-protected DVD's. The picture quality improved slightly after the Macrovision was turned off.
The unit is not as well built as the big name brands but it offers a wealth of features at its price range. My CD-R's and CD-RW's and MP3's play just fine. Highly recommended.

This unit has suprises both: good &bad!
Nice features about this model:
120-240V !
NTSC/PAL !
Possible regions 1-6(8)playback!
Multistandard--it plays on any TV !

Karaoke+pitch adjustment/mic level
Nice simple remote control--with more functions than you'd expect!
Nice display on the unit!
Plays all kinds of discs: DVD/VCD/SVCD/DVCD/CD/CD-RW/CD-R/MP3/MPG2
Quite good-looking silver finish!
5.1-channel surround sound decoder! (1sub/2sur/2main/1center-channel analog output!)
Optical and coaxial digital-audio output for Dolby Digital/DTS
S-Video/VGA outputs
Motion-zoom (1.5x/2x/4x)

BAD NEWS:
Component-video output is progressive-scan only; requires HD-ready TV!!
Blue lines during some dvd playbacks, every 5-30 minutes!!!!(press stop/play and lines are gone for a while!)
Macrovision ON!! No bypass! [Though this is case with 99% of all DVD players.]
[poor] plastic /metal finish

Manual very poor!
[poor] filling remote!

Some quality problems!!!

But!!--good value anyway!!! All in One! No more problems right now!!!
I give only 3 stars because of this blue horizontal lines from time to time!!!

I odered this DVD player because of the features listed and one of the most important features was the component video output (which is clearly listed as a feature), but the component video output of this player only works in progressive scan modes which makes it incomptable with most all anaolg tv sets with component input(only puts out progessive scan and not interlaced scan which gives you nothing but a scrambled mess on a regular tv set when using the component video). This was a major disappointment for me which took a lot of research to find out as you are not told this anywhere. I am hoping that Daewoo has a firmware or software upgrade/fix for this, as otherwise this seems to be a great unit, but not worth giving up the use of my component video inputs on my Sony KV-36FS17. If Daewoo can not help me and alot of others with this component video problem ...alot of these players [will go] back and they also need to stop advertising them as having component video outputs (unless they add that using the component vidoe outputs requires a hdtv set), as many others units have a switchable output for the progressive scan so you can use it on non hdtv.

Amazon sells/sold at least 3 daewoo dvd players: 3000N, 5000N, 9000N. The 9000N IS progressive scan and VGA out, BUT it does NOT have component video out. the 5000N has component video out, but does not have progressive scan. The 3000N has neither. All 3 have S-video and regular video (composite?) out. This info is nearly impossible to figure out from the info you get anywhere, including the manuals, which are unclear.

At the price, the fully loaded Daewoo DVG 9000N is definitely a steal. I was pretty amazed at the finish and the new look which is a marked improvement over the DVG 3000N/ 5000N.
I got my box from Amazon and I'm quiet happy with the performance thus far. I have not yet used the features like MP3 or Progressive Scan, but I can tell you that the DVD/CD/VCD quality is very good and easily comparable to the high end models in the market. I have hooked it up to my Bose Home Theater system and I don't see the need to go to the movies anymore.
Overall I'am a satisfied customer.