Pioneer DV525 DVD Player
It is great, but if I had to do it all over again . .
I compared several DVD Players (Phillips, Sony, Pioneer, Panasonic &amp; RCA) before deciding on the Pioneer.  I really thought the Phillips would be a small margin better but bought the Pioneer to go with my new Pioneer  Reciever and it was cheaper at Crutchfield.  I loved this player when I  first hooked it up.  Fabulous picture, easy set up, great sound.  Heck, I  even like the remote.  But I have noticed some little things that I do not  like.  When the DVD moves to the next chapter there is a slight pause (very  evident with &quot;The Messenger&quot;).  It is only as quick as a blink,  but it is there.  It also flashes &quot;SEARCHING&quot; on the screen when  moving to the next chapter.  That is kind of distracting.  The dvd drawer  and startup are a little loud but once I put it in my entertainment center  I couldn't hear it.  I have played &quot;The Matrix&quot; on it with no  problems.  I only had one incident with a movie. The DV525 freaked out when  I played &quot;Story of Us&quot;.  It just stopped mid way and the picture  jumped all over the screen.  I couldn't get it to do anything but jump  around.  I finally just shut off the power.  But now the DVD will not get  past the menu on that movie.  All the other movies I have played on it have  been fine.  I put in all of my DVD's after that incident and they each  played great.  The DVD &quot;The Story Of Us&quot; was a rental so it may  have been scrached or something.  I am praying that is what it is.  Overall  I am pleased with this unit.  The problems I mentioned are very picky  little things.  It wasn't enough to go through the trouble of exchanging it  but if I did it again, I would have bought the Phillips DVD825AT.