Upgrade Pioneer Dv444 to Tosh 220e, 420e or other?

[DyManiX]

I am about to upgrade my Pioneer DV444 due to the purchase of a new Panny 32pb50 TV which doesnt seem to like the player.

What DVD player should I get? I was looking at the Toshiba 220e or 420e. I dont need built in DD as my TV has that so is the 420 still worth the extra £30?

What about Panasonic DVD players? Are there any good ones? Would one of these be better with my Panny set?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

P.S. Whatever I get needs to play back SVCD's as I use them a lot on my Pioneer.

 

[andypandy]

What do you mean the 444 doesn't like your TV ?

Is it what I think it is - light patches ?????

 

[lentini]

I had to get rid of my 444 cos it didn't like my TV. Bloody Pioneers

 

[andypandy]

AND............why.......?

 

[DyManiX]

yes, white and purple hues accross top of screen when showing light scenes

 

[andypandy]

yep, yep, yep.
I have wrote to Pioneer, but their great customer services (!) basically denied everything and anyone reporting anything anwhere.

I've settled by using the player in S-Video mode rather than RGB mode.

 

[DyManiX]

I have got a Toshiba 420e, hopefully this player will be fine.

Do you think somebody should start a new topic stating that there is a definite problem with the 444 and panny sets to save people having to search around for ages to find it out for themselves?

 

[andypandy]

How does picture quality compare, putting the light paches aside ? Or isn't there much between the 2. ?

 

[DyManiX]

Havent tried it yet, but I have heard that the Toshiba 220e and 420e are the best picture for the price.

The 220e was too expensive when I got my 444 or I would have got that to start with.

I will let you know how it performs later...

 

[Bob Todd]

Originally posted by buckbeak
Havent tried it yet, but I have heard that the Toshiba 220e and 420e are the best picture for the price.

The 220e was too expensive when I got my 444 or I would have got that to start with.

I will let you know how it performs later...

buck can you test if the Tosh420 does DVDr/DVDRW

 

[DyManiX]

Picture quality - excellent better than the pioneer!

No problems at all with this player!

I havent got any DVDr or DVDRW to try, sorry Ironduke!

Have you looked on www.vcdhelp.com to see if the compatability list on there states if DVDr and RW work?

 

[andypandy]

that's great to hear.
How much & where did you get the 420 ? Is it macrovision disabled as well as region free ?

Oh, does anyone want to buy a pioneer 444 ?!

 

[DyManiX]

£169 from electrocentre.com - same place as dvdplayers.co.uk

Havent tried for macrovision yet, but should be (bought from the same place as the pioneer and that was macrovision disabled).

 

[Bob Todd]

buck one guy says at VCDhelp that the 420 does everything but doesnt go into details

 

[DyManiX]

Well it has handled the SVCD's I have thrown at it so far better than the Pioneer did.

Dont know about DVDR, We have a DVD+RW drive at work but no spare discs to try it with.