Pioneer DV-588A-S Slim Progressive Scan DVD Player
Will not reliably play back self recorded dvd's
I have tried 2 samples of this player and I am now sending back the second one, this time for a refund instead of an exchange. Both samples mistracked (skipped and froze) on a number of self recorded dvd-r discs that 3 other players that I have (older Panasonic DVD-S35,DVD-F85) and (newer Sony DVD-NS50P) tracked without any problems at all. These dvd-r's were recorded on top quality media (Taiyo Yuden and Ritek) using an NEC or Pioneer 108 dvd writer in my computer. I recommend that anyone who records their own dvd's should buy any dvd player only with a return privilage and test it with their own self recorded discs. For those who do not require playback of self recorded dvd's this player has many features but for my needs it failed.