Pioneer DV-333 DVD Player
DVD players - there IS a difference in picture quality...
I have the Pioneer DV-333 connected to my modest Sony 27&quot; TV via s-video cable.  I bought it to replace the Pioneer DV-505 which recently died after 3 years.  The picture is very clear and clean without digital noise/artifacts on my TV.  In fact, I tried two other players before this, the Toshiba 2700 (briefly) and the Sony Vega DVS-570D.  The picture on the Toshiba was the worst of the 3 -- not bad mind you (better than the average VHS), but it wasn't able to resolve fine details without &quot;noise&quot;.  Also the picture seemed to have more jitter than the others.  The Toshiba does have a zoom feature, but I don't find it very useful for me.  I'd rather have a larger TV!   The Sony produced a smooth rock solid picture, but the colors were way too strong.  I had to adjust the color/tint controls on my TV and on the player itself (to it's credit - the player does have these controls) and still couldn't get it quite right.  Also it seemed to add noise to softly focused objects and scenes with dimly lit details - noticeable to me!  Maybe the Sony player would work better with a Vega TV.  The Pioneer worked great right out of the box.  Feature wise, it doesn't have picture zoom or the HDCD decoding like the Toshiba.  It doesn't have all the nice GUI menus or the Dolby Digital Decoder (which I don't want anyway) or the large amount of disc memory capabilty of the Sony.  But I thought it had the best picture of the 3 players - and with a good DVD the movies looked most like the original film.  Compare for yourself!  I just hope it lasts a bit longer then my last unit.