i got the 410. region free and it plays any disc fine.. no comment about the 5996 though.. but i'm sure it has no problem as well.. dvd players nowadays are advanced.. not like last time, very picky about the disc we put in.

initially i wanted to get the dv-610 for better audio, but it doesn't come in black.. grr!

that's strange. it should come with a HDMI cable in the box.. Jusco tipu customer kah..
anyway.. i also bought mine at Best Denki OU. spec and price wise, it is really a bargain.

to those who are using pioneer dv-410 and using the HDMI output.. which colour setting do you use? RGB/Full Range RGB/Component?

When I set Full Range RGB I loss details in dark areas and Component seems to be better. But Full Range RGB supposed to be better right?

tv is PV80H and I haven't done any calibrations yet (still breaking-in)

I would like to know.. apart from the ability to play SACD, how much better is the 610 when compared to the 410, in term of dvd playback performance. is there a significant performance advantage? but they are using the same chip right?
i bought the 410 coz it comes in black, while 610 only in silver.

ok, thanks.. just like I expected.. if i want to upgrade, might as well buy a blur-ray player

i just tried to play 720p divx (converted from .mkv) on the DV-410.. guess what, the player does not recognize the file at all.. so I googled and found out that the player only supports divx with resolution of 576 (PAL) or 480 (NTSC). i haven't tried WMV so don't know whether it can support or not..

but even the .avi file has lower res than 480, the picture is good and a lot better than astro LOL.. but i expected more on dvd playbacks.. not satisfactory.. would love to try tosh's xde-500 and compare with dv-410 if got the chance. i hope this is the last dvd player i will ever buy (later upgrade to BD player).

mikapoh,
if you are refering to the original superbit dvds, they are not rips from BD. just dvd remastered for higher bitrate. this is the best pic quality for a dvd. but superbit dvds are now discontinued.

for ahem BDs, there are two types. one is cheaper with paperbox packing (like you mentioned) and the other one is supposedly ripped from BD and converted to DVD9. this one has hard plastic casing with hologram sticker. being sold at RM18. this one is a proper rip but I do not know if there is any difference from this compared to the regular DVD copy. regardless the resolution in DVD is still 720x480 right? theoritically the BD rip to DVD9 should have better quality but in the end the resolution is still the same, but maybe different bitrates?

i think i'll skip this BD rips and go straight to upgrade to real BD when the player prices have come down

i bought the dvd player to play dvds as the main purpose.. just wanted to try out the extra functions available on the player. i can just use my pc to play other unsuported formats

i think those dvds do not contain real DTS sound, hence the poor audio quality.

yes, speedy sells crap original dvds. avoid them like a plague! poor quality sound and visual. like vcd only..

no problems for me when using either three output settings. dv-410 on pv80h

you are seeing stars.. better go for eye check up.. hehehe

direct dvd copy - what colour?

looks good, but still the same design. I wonder if there is any performance improvement over the outgoing model..

my dv-410 has problem reading dirty/scratched discs.. and apparently it cannot handle unfinalized dvd-r burned with divx files. first time load, can play. second time burn, load, cannot play. and the disc cannot be used for multisession anymore.

HD ready is 720p. Full HD is 1080p.

better spend a bit more to get a well known dvd player.

i think that is normal. my 410 also having problem with multisession dvds.