DVD Recommendations 500.00 new or used


Have a proscan direct 35" television. Acurus ACT3 processor. Looking at Sony DVPs-7700 (available new 500.00 at crutchfield), Pioneer dv-05. Set up is 5.1, no dts.

Any suggestions or recommendations between these two or am I missing a top performer.

Thanks.

Richard Bischoff
rbischoff
About 5 months ago, I bought a Pioneer Elite DV-37 DVD/CD player, which received a 5-star rating by "The Perfect Vision" magazine. I have been extremely pleased with both the video and audio quality of the unit. I bought the unit from Avantgarde Trading Company in Blaine, WA, for $625. I suggest you give the DV-37 serious consideration, although it is a bit above your proposed $500 budget.

The owner of Avantgarde Trading Co. is named Chi, and his business E-mail address is:
avantgarde2@hotmail.com
I did a comparison between a Sony 7700 and Pioneer DV-09 and the Pioneer was quite a bit better at doulbe the price, I did this home demo of the DV09 that I got from a store because I was trying to sell my unused DV-09 to a friend who ownes the Sony 7700 which is also great by the way. I am asking $800 for mine as my friend has not come up with the cash yet to buy it.
Make sure you get the DTS feature you will kick yourself later if you don't. I can't imagine watching Jurassic Park any other way.