Use a good digital cable, like the 'Van Den Hul The First'. Use it with a good DAC and you will be surprised by the improvement it makes to the sound. It enhances contrast and makes for blacker blacks. I found the 'cinema' mode very useful for the playback of laserdisks. A perfect image as far as I am concerned from DVD as well as Laserdisk. This can be solved by a fairly simple modification. I dont't find the build in DAC very inspiring. Especially with Laserdisc, but also DVD, you really have to sit far away from the player and not play at too soft a level, to prevent the noise from the mechanics disturbing you. I have lived with this machine for a few weeks now and think it has some good, but also bad points. (Guess it may be a little early to tell but so far, 2 weeks) Finally, the bit counter that every videophile was talking about on the Sony which tells you how many bits each frame is using.can now be enjoyed on the Pioneer. Well I am here to tell you that the bugs have been ironed out in the new unit. The older unit suffered had some playback problems with some DVD's. The GUI (graphic user interface) is much simpler and easier to comprehend in it's operation and step by step set-up. (Toshiba and Sony) The sound is identical to the older one in everyway. I can honestly say now it now strongly competes well in terms of picture quality to some of the better DVD players. The 909 is powered by three motors within a closed-loop dual capstan path, has 4 heads (the 4th being for reverss playback) and fair but not exceptional specifications - we're not in TC-880-2, RS-1700U or even GX-255 territory. So what you say but does it show and tell? Well yes the picture from DVD and laserdisc ( the laserdisc does not benefit from the 10bit) is better in every respect, color, contrast and sharpness. The biggest difference between the two units on paper (other than the mentioned componenet output) is the addition of a new 10bit video processor as opposed to the older 9bit. Yes the old remote was almost futuristic in it's look and feel but had it's ergonomic flaws. The remote could not be any cheaper it seems at first hand but again soon grows on you and all the buttons seem to be in the correct place just when you need them. (dvd,cd,ld,cdvideo) All connections on the rear are retained and there is even new ones to the addition, DVL909 now has component outputs for those lucky few that will utilize it. (the flashing light is much smaller but less protruding and still able to convey it's information) There are still two doors to separate smaller medium from larger ones. It still retains all of the features that were accessible on the older unit, i.e display off, FF,RW and the flashing light signifying the type of disc by color. This soon grows on you and actually is less cluttered and busy. At first hand when I brought home the unit the physical dimensions are practically identical.(the DVL909 upon further inspection is about 20mm taller) My first impression is that the unit is more civilised in it,s look, almost bland in appearance compared to the DVL700. The DVL909 is the replacement for the now discontinued DVL700.
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