Average Reviews:
(More customer reviews)I selected the DVC503 because I wanted a multi-disk DVD player with excellent image and sound quality, Dolby and DTS support (but no decoder built in), but also as a replacement for my 3-disc CD player. So CD and CD-R support was critical. CD-video support is an added bonus, but I can't see myself using it much.
The DVD image quality is superb -- it is definitely worth using the component video outputs if you have a TV that supports them. I have seen other DVD players run into problems with scratched DVDs and/or highly compressed scenes giving poor picture quality. No such problems with the Pioneer. The player loads DVDs quickly and starts playing them quickly, and I have yet to come across a DVD that doesn't work -- even with a wide variety of DVD's of varying quality from netflix.com.
Regular analog stereo sound is great, and the unit performs very well with regular CDs -- sounding just as good as my old NAD CD player. Digital audio outputs go to your external Dolby and DTS decoder via coax or optical interconnect.
I took off one star for the fact that the unit often does not recognize audio CDs. You have to open the sliding tray, re-seat the CD and try again. Reading the Amazon reviews, this seems to be a problem for lots of DVD players, but it is still irksome. On the other hand, the Pioneer does have a CD-only mode which makes the unit behave more like a regular CD player for those times when you just want to listen, and this goes a long way to compensating for the CD recognition problems.
The Pioneer remote is logically laid out and easy to use. The on-screen menus are simple to understand, and once you have the unit set up it's unlikely you'll need to use them again. The Pioneer remebers where you were on a DVD if you push the Stop button, so that you can pick up exactly where you left off. Some other DVD players don't seem to have this option.
The price of the unit seems very competitive to me, especially when I compare it to single DVD units that often don't have component video output. I have no need for a built-in Dolby digital or DTS decoder, as any recent surround-sound receiver contains those functions already. There's no point paying for extras you already own.
I am glad I bought my Pioneer DVC503, consider it good value and would recommend it to anyone.
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Product Description:
The Elite DV-C503 DVD / CD player from Pioneer features PureCinema Progressive Scan Fine Focus Filter with video up-sampling and video parameter adjustments with 3 User Memories (Progressive Motion, PureCinema (on, off, Auto), Mosquito NR, Block NR, Sharpness High, Sharpness Mid, Detail, White level, Black Level, Hue, Chroma Level, Chroma Delay) for personalized video playback suiting your needs. Enjoy 3 factory video settings (CRT / Projector / Professional) Twin-Wave Laser Pickup for CD / Video CD / CD-R / CD-RW playback. There's a special CD Mode for Full CD Changer Functions. The Pioneer exclusive Viterbi Error Correction technology with Accurate Digital Servo is provided for superior reading accuracy and Trick Play Processor with 16MB VRAM performs the tasks of smooth special effects. To eliminate the risk of being extensively shaken, it has 3 chamber isolation (Video / Audio / Power Supply) double-layered chassis for chassis stability. To decrease the amount of distraction sources Acoustic Damper Tray is used for suppressing transport noise.
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