Summary
Pioneer's DV-653A progressive scan DVD player brings high-end video and audio to the mid-level price range. At under $200 (and even under $150 if you look hard enough), the player really provides a lot punch. With support for digital audio and even JPEG images, it easily handled every audio and video format that we tried, and we tried them all. True audiophiles may shy away from the DV-563A because of its “low price” alone, but this just might be one of those rare products in which its value far exceeds its cost.

Pioneer's DV-653A progressive scan DVD player brings high-end video and audio to the mid-level price range.

by waldis on September 1, 2004:
“Very good DVD player. Or you can just use it as standalone CD/SACD/DVD-A player, because music playback is awesome! DVD playback. I don't have TV cith composite inputs so i can't judge video quality properly. S-Video delivers good picture with no jigged lin...” More...