Re: Pioneer DV-676a Divx / DVD Player. Where, how much?

[Jerrod]

Save 50 bucks and get the LG DF8900P

Its a better player than the Pioneer and apart from SACD has extra
features like memory card support .

The LG also doesnt suffer from the problem with some Xvids playing
jerky on players like the Pioneer and Zensonic.

Jerrod


karlcostner@hotmail.com wrote:

>Hi all, i have been on the pioneer site and went to the player and then
>clicked on find retailers etc and went through that process. Now it
>gave me a listing and the shops i tried from that list have never heard
>of this player. I only tried a few stores, i havent tried Myers or DJs
>yet, but i figure they will be quite pricey. I just wanted to ask where
>i can purchase this player and which places are cheap? Now i dont want
>to travel half way around sydney just to save 5$, but i figure there
>must be some places close by which have decent to good prices. Am in
>the strathfield area. I was thinking Jb Hi-fi might be have it, but
>they are quite far away and very annoying to find parking there. Does
>Bing Lee sell these players or Strathfield Car radios? I have heard of
>people purchasing these players for 190-200$, i really dont want to
>spend more than 200$ on this player. Reason why i picked this player is
>from these forums and all the good things people seem to say about this
>player. It sure does sound a beauty.

[Steve Batt]

"Jerrod" <jerrodnospam@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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> Save 50 bucks and get the LG DF8900P
>
> Its a better player than the Pioneer and apart from SACD has extra
> features like memory card support .
>
> The LG also doesnt suffer from the problem with some Xvids playing
> jerky on players like the Pioneer and Zensonic.
>
> Jerrod
>
> *** My 676a Pioneer play fine, no jerkiness ........




> karlcostner@hotmail.com wrote:
>
>>Hi all, i have been on the pioneer site and went to the player and then
>>clicked on find retailers etc and went through that process. Now it
>>gave me a listing and the shops i tried from that list have never heard
>>of this player. I only tried a few stores, i havent tried Myers or DJs
>>yet, but i figure they will be quite pricey. I just wanted to ask where
>>i can purchase this player and which places are cheap? Now i dont want
>>to travel half way around sydney just to save 5$, but i figure there
>>must be some places close by which have decent to good prices. Am in
>>the strathfield area. I was thinking Jb Hi-fi might be have it, but
>>they are quite far away and very annoying to find parking there. Does
>>Bing Lee sell these players or Strathfield Car radios? I have heard of
>>people purchasing these players for 190-200$, i really dont want to
>>spend more than 200$ on this player. Reason why i picked this player is
>>from these forums and all the good things people seem to say about this
>>player. It sure does sound a beauty.
>

[Chris Warr]

"Steve Batt" <s_j_batt@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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>
> "Jerrod" <jerrodnospam@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
> news:gse3015ddh4mk8ro9gvdr47e8fptifeunq@4ax.com...
> > Save 50 bucks and get the LG DF8900P
> >
> > Its a better player than the Pioneer and apart from SACD has extra
> > features like memory card support .
> >
> > The LG also doesnt suffer from the problem with some Xvids playing
> > jerky on players like the Pioneer and Zensonic.
> >
> > Jerrod
> >
> > *** My 676a Pioneer play fine, no jerkiness ........

It's only some xvids, you jsut may have not come across them, something to
do with packed pixels. MpegModifier4 can unpack them for you. Bit of a
pain though, maybe we'll get a firmware update one day.

Chris.

[Mark Bedingfield]

Chris Warr wrote:
> "Steve Batt" <s_j_batt@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
> news:ngjMd.145785$K7.101974@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>
>>"Jerrod" <jerrodnospam@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
>>news:gse3015ddh4mk8ro9gvdr47e8fptifeunq@4ax.com...
>>
>>>Save 50 bucks and get the LG DF8900P
>>>
>>>Its a better player than the Pioneer and apart from SACD has extra
>>>features like memory card support .
>>>
>>>The LG also doesnt suffer from the problem with some Xvids playing
>>>jerky on players like the Pioneer and Zensonic.
>>>
>>>Jerrod
>>>
>>>*** My 676a Pioneer play fine, no jerkiness ........
>
>
> It's only some xvids, you jsut may have not come across them, something to
> do with packed pixels. MpegModifier4 can unpack them for you. Bit of a
> pain though, maybe we'll get a firmware update one day.
>

Google of Mpegmodifier4 shows up nothing, do you have any info on this?
I have only 5 xvids that are a problem, but worth converting;-).

Mark

[Pullit]

Does it do DD/DTS decoding on board?


"Jerrod" <jerrodnospam@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:gse3015ddh4mk8ro9gvdr47e8fptifeunq@4ax.com...
> Save 50 bucks and get the LG DF8900P
>
> Its a better player than the Pioneer and apart from SACD has extra
> features like memory card support .
>
> The LG also doesnt suffer from the problem with some Xvids playing
> jerky on players like the Pioneer and Zensonic.
>
> Jerrod
>
>
> karlcostner@hotmail.com wrote:
>
>>Hi all, i have been on the pioneer site and went to the player and then
>>clicked on find retailers etc and went through that process. Now it
>>gave me a listing and the shops i tried from that list have never heard
>>of this player. I only tried a few stores, i havent tried Myers or DJs
>>yet, but i figure they will be quite pricey. I just wanted to ask where
>>i can purchase this player and which places are cheap? Now i dont want
>>to travel half way around sydney just to save 5$, but i figure there
>>must be some places close by which have decent to good prices. Am in
>>the strathfield area. I was thinking Jb Hi-fi might be have it, but
>>they are quite far away and very annoying to find parking there. Does
>>Bing Lee sell these players or Strathfield Car radios? I have heard of
>>people purchasing these players for 190-200$, i really dont want to
>>spend more than 200$ on this player. Reason why i picked this player is
>>from these forums and all the good things people seem to say about this
>>player. It sure does sound a beauty.
>

[ON2DVD]

yes

"Pullit" <johnteflon@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Does it do DD/DTS decoding on board?
>
>
> "Jerrod" <jerrodnospam@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
> news:gse3015ddh4mk8ro9gvdr47e8fptifeunq@4ax.com...
>> Save 50 bucks and get the LG DF8900P
>>
>> Its a better player than the Pioneer and apart from SACD has extra
>> features like memory card support .
>>
>> The LG also doesnt suffer from the problem with some Xvids playing
>> jerky on players like the Pioneer and Zensonic.
>>
>> Jerrod
>>
>>
>> karlcostner@hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>>Hi all, i have been on the pioneer site and went to the player and then
>>>clicked on find retailers etc and went through that process. Now it
>>>gave me a listing and the shops i tried from that list have never heard
>>>of this player. I only tried a few stores, i havent tried Myers or DJs
>>>yet, but i figure they will be quite pricey. I just wanted to ask where
>>>i can purchase this player and which places are cheap? Now i dont want
>>>to travel half way around sydney just to save 5$, but i figure there
>>>must be some places close by which have decent to good prices. Am in
>>>the strathfield area. I was thinking Jb Hi-fi might be have it, but
>>>they are quite far away and very annoying to find parking there. Does
>>>Bing Lee sell these players or Strathfield Car radios? I have heard of
>>>people purchasing these players for 190-200$, i really dont want to
>>>spend more than 200$ on this player. Reason why i picked this player is
>>>from these forums and all the good things people seem to say about this
>>>player. It sure does sound a beauty.
>>
>
>

[John]

Mark Bedingfield wrote:

(snip)

>> It's only some xvids, you jsut may have not come across them,
>> something to
>> do with packed pixels. MpegModifier4 can unpack them for you. Bit of a
>> pain though, maybe we'll get a firmware update one day.
>>
>
> Google of Mpegmodifier4 shows up nothing, do you have any info on this?
> I have only 5 xvids that are a problem, but worth converting;-).
>
> Mark

The program is mpeg4 modifier, try this link:

http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=MPEG4_Modifier

Use this tool to unpack the bitstream and check the video info. Only
takes a few minutes to unpack a 350mB file.
If the .avi uses GMC warp point 3 or more it will lock up on the
Zensonic. I assume the pioneer must use the same chipset.
I've had this happen on one .avi and had to re-encode the .avi as an
xvid with GMC and packed bitstream turned off in the xvid encoder setup.
I used the Gordian Knot rippack for this, time consuming but it worked.
Have a look at doom9.net or afterdawn for help, tools, forums etc.
Also have at look at the zensonic website forums (quite helpful).

Cheers
J.W.
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[Mark Bedingfield]

John wrote:
> Mark Bedingfield wrote:
>
> (snip)
>
>>> It's only some xvids, you jsut may have not come across them,
>>> something to
>>> do with packed pixels. MpegModifier4 can unpack them for you. Bit of a
>>> pain though, maybe we'll get a firmware update one day.
>>>
>>
>> Google of Mpegmodifier4 shows up nothing, do you have any info on
>> this? I have only 5 xvids that are a problem, but worth converting;-).
>>
>> Mark
>
>
> The program is mpeg4 modifier, try this link:
>
> http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=MPEG4_Modifier
>
> Use this tool to unpack the bitstream and check the video info. Only
> takes a few minutes to unpack a 350mB file.
> If the .avi uses GMC warp point 3 or more it will lock up on the
> Zensonic. I assume the pioneer must use the same chipset.
> I've had this happen on one .avi and had to re-encode the .avi as an
> xvid with GMC and packed bitstream turned off in the xvid encoder setup.
> I used the Gordian Knot rippack for this, time consuming but it worked.
> Have a look at doom9.net or afterdawn for help, tools, forums etc.
> Also have at look at the zensonic website forums (quite helpful).


Thanks mate. Not alot of info for the Pioneer, most people bought it for
its SACD/DVDA ability (Me too;-). Xvid is a nice thought tho.

Mark