Pioneer DV-333 DVD Player
There are Lemons in the Trees
I bought this DVD player on October 30, 2000, based on Pioneer's reputation and on the reviews I'd read here at Amazon.com.  It worked great -- for all of forty days.  At that point it stopped playing DVD's altogether.  It simply locks up after 10-30 seconds of play and nothing but a complete power-down will get it moving again.  And even then, it only moves for another 10-30 seconds.<br />I'm now in the process of receiving warranty repair service from a Pioneer-authorized service center (which is essentially a local independent contractor approved by Pioneer).  The customer service folks ar Pioneer were average -- not overly dismissive but not overly helpful either.  <br />I bought the DV333 thinking I'd have a nice little unit on which I could watch my budding DVD collection over the holidays.  Instead I've had the headache of driving the unit to a repair center -- and I have no idea when it's coming back.  This unit may be fantastic when it works as intended.  But not all of them do.  I'd at least consider another brand before opening your wallet.