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I love this DVD player. I own a Sony top-of-the-line blue-ray and this Pioneer player has more features and (in my opinion) has a better overall picture and more features than that Sony at one third the price. The CD features are great and the MP3 conversion and playback are flawless. I did a side by side comparison of the blu-ray with blu-ray disk vs. Pioneer with reg. DVD with up-conversion comparison. The results simply are that I couldn't tell any significant difference. (I have a high-end HDTV for comparison) and I didn't see anywhere close to enough difference between these players to justify paying extra for a blu-ray disks.
In my opinion, blu-ray is going to have to show me a whole lot more to get me to pony up the extra money for disks when I have my Pioneer and reg. DVDs.

Pioneer Dv610av-k Black Multi Region Code Free Hdmi Upconverting 1080p DVD Player

This DVD player is BlueRay quality all the way. It plays your regular dvd's but it is by no means "regular". A side by side comparison w/ my PS3's BlueRay playback makes me wish I hadn't bought a PS3 for the soul reason it had BlueRay capability. Another big plus is that this is Region Free straight out of the box. I travel a lot to Europe and being able to play dvd's back here in the states that I have purchased in France or Germany is awesome. Purchasing from All Region World as an Amazon seller is the way to go.

If you are looking for:
1080p HD upconvert of standard DVD's - Awesome
Multi-Region Capability - Awesome
Sound Quality - Awesome
A great price - Awesome
A player to replace poor quality and cheap upconvert/multi-region Philips players

and an overall sturdy dvd player with some out of this world features,the Pioneer dv-610 is no joke and the way to go!

The Pioneer dvd610av-k black multi region code free hdmi dvd player that i purchased has made me so happy. Since i had this now i can buy and play all my dvds purchased from region 2, 3, 4 areas that can not be purchased here in the usa. The picture and sound quality is crystal clear. This is a very slim device that makes it so easy to place anywhere without a problem. This was so easy to convert this to muti region code free. It plays real good on my regular television set. Before I bought this I made sure I read all specifications and glad I made the right choice. I highly recommend this item to all consumers to get this attractive dvd player.

This DVD player is super! It's plug and play. The best picture along with s-video and optical audio out. The layout on the unit and remote is solid quality. Very impressive. Both s-video and yellow video cable works at the same time! Very smooth.

For $120, there's not much more I could ask for. Actually, now that I have it, I think I would pay a little more. Design is cool, features are great, format compatibility is great, all possible outputs are available (including analog 5.1 audio). Setup is easy, but it also has many advanced functions if I want to play with them. USB input works well (subtitle font for DivX could be larger, but it's OK). Played lots of different discs/files without a single glitch (haven't tried SACD or DVD-A yet, as I don't have any). And the image quality, well, I really don't know how to describe it. Stunning might be the best word.
In summary, it does everything it should do, and it does it well (unlike the ** it has replaced, that has lots of bugs, and that **'s customer support doesn't want to hear about).

Things I like the most about it:
- Picture quality, of course.
- Saves all settings when powered down, including resolution (the ** keeps "forgetting" the output resolution).
- Allows jumping to chapters using number keys - good for concerts and demos (the ** makes me go through two menu pages to do that).
- DivX Ultra, VCD compatible (the ** also has many incompatibilities with these).
- Display shows everything I need to see (not just the time count).
- Buttons in front panel allow to operate everything without the remote.
- Multi-format, multi-region (from this seller): plays anything I throw into it.
- Design.

Things I'd like to have improved (although I already gave it 5 stars...):
- Less labels on the front panel - would make the unit look even better (cleaner).
- Remote control could be illuminated (I use a Harmony, but for other users this might be worth noting).

Note: the unit in the picture is not the 610, it looks like the 600, which is slightly different (you can check it out on Pioneer UK's website, for example). I already told Amazon about it, but for some reason they couldn't identify the problem. Main difference is the USB port position, on the 610 it stays right beneath the display.