I will only buy region free DVD players. This is super easy to use, weighs next to nothing, and doesn't take up much space in my cabinet. I plays DVD's from Germany, the U.S. and just ordered a DVD from Amazon UK. I have a few DVD's that are slightly scratched and haven't had any skipping with this player like I did with my older player. If you ever think you might be purchasing a DVD outside of the U.S. this is the economical player for you. PIONEER DV-220V-K 1080p HDMI UPSCALING REGION FREE DVD PLAYER w/ USB Input
I have several region "0" DVDs which will NOT play on my older Toshiba DVD player plus a few region 2 which won't. After reading the reviews on this product I purchased it from World Wide Distributors. It arrived in 2 days complete with an HDMI cable (you DON'T need to buy it separately if purchasing from this company) which is of no use to me as I have a SONY WEGA TV, before HD days. Simply pluggged the included red-white-yellow leads into the player and the TV, powered it up, and immediately without any adjusting it played a region 0 which would not play on the Toshiba player, a region 1 of course played fine, and then a region 2 played as well. A friend has a recent model player from another company, much more expensive, in which you must enter a variety of codes to make it play the various regions. Not so with the Pioneer - insert the DVD and the player figures out what to do to make it play. It will also play my photo CDs - a nice bonus. What more could you ask for in this price range! Fantastic, highly recommended!
I bought this to play .avi / divx files and the upscaling feature is incredibly good for the price. My old player would show the pixels if the file was of a lower quality but this player delivers a high quality version.
I did a lot of research before buying this unit and it paid off.
Spare yourself some time and go with this one if you are looking for an inexpensive multi-media dvd player.
My wife also likes the easy to use remote control.
I picked up this dvd player to replace a used region free dvd player, and i was not dissapointed. I picked up this pioneer region free 1080p dvd player for the price of a new xbox360 or ps3 game, 60$ brand new and i absolutely love it. I use to watch my dvds on my ps3 but since I have purchased this dvd player its all i use for 1080p upscaling. Basically If you need a player that plays dvds from all around the world and you want them to look great on your hdtv do yourself a favor and pick this dvd player up.
There are actually 2 different models of this Pioneer DVD Player, it's a bit confusion, but let me try and clarify...
There's the DV-220V-K (US Version) and the DV-220KV-K (European/Asia Version) aka "K" Version. Please note, the extra "K" in the second model stands for Karaoke and will come with a microphone Jack and echo effects knob in the front for optional karaoke. For whatever reason they are both listed as just the DV-220V-K on the title page, but if you double check on the product details & model number below, the region free one should indicate DV-220"K"V-K.
Here's where it gets a bit technical...
Some of the "K" versions from Europe (Region 2) were originally designed to handle 220v-240v (this is not what you want for use in the US). But most "K" Versions from Asia like Thailand, Hong Kong, Malaysia or Singapore should indicate on the back of the unit that it will handle voltages ranging from 110v-240v just like most laptop adapters do, making them more suitable for international usage. The K Versions comes standard with a European/Asia Pin type Power Cord, but the sellers should give you a U.S. Prong adapter Plug to fit into U.S. Socket Outlets, because it was not originally intended for the USA. Also note, The US version (Region 1) can only handle 110V.
Tech Bonus...
The "K" Version also has a twin wave laser pick up system,(which reduces noise and increases the units durability, since 1 laser is dedicated to playing CDs and the other laser is dedicated to playing just DVDs) and it's the only "TRUE" Region Free Player, because it has the Dual system Playback ability to handle both NTSC (USA Dvds) and PAL (European & Asia Dvds) disc formats. The US Version can only handle NTSC, but not PAL format.
This would explain why some buyers who purchased the player and got the US Region Free version, complained that it wouldn't play some of their discs, b/c it's probably a PAL formatted disc and you need a region free that handles both NTSC& PAL, so be sure to check the seller's note to make sure you're getting the region free K Version, aka DV-220"K"V-K.
I brought this DVD player after reading all the good reviews but no one wrote about the USB port supporting the portable hard disk....but i decided to go for this DVD player.
When i get this DVD player i directly tried to play the movies from my portable Western Digital 320GB hard disk(FAT32) and for my surprise it recognized my hard disk and played AVI file movies which i downloaded.
I liked this DVD player a lot the video quality is good,supports external hard disk,it played my scratched DVD....thats more then enough for me :)
Other reviewers have discussed the more technical aspects of this DVD player, so I'll confine myself to the following:
Why buy an all region player? Because there are many good movies that are not available in Region 1, or in NTSC format. It's as simple as that. And this player has features that many do not:
1) When you press PAUSE or PLAY, this is indicated on the screen for a few seconds; then the indicator disappears, so it doesn't interfere with the picture.
2) The keys of the remote are of the soft touch type, making it easy to use.
3) You can advance or reverse the picture one frame at a time.
4) The display button shows time elapsed and time remaining for the entire movie and for each chapter. And it's easy to read.
5) The slow motion feature can be set to run at 1/2 speed, or 1/4, or 1/8, or 1/16 -- forward or reverse.
6) In addition, the Pioneer has the standard options of variable fast forward and jumping to the next chapter.
My only reservation is that the times are given in MM:SS, not H:MM:SS. So if you see 112:43 it means 1:52:43. Once you get used to this you can enjoy playing DVDs from anywhere in the world, on a quality player, at a price that's a bargain. Highly recommended. - Dvd Player - 1080p - Multi-region Dvd - Region Free Dvd Player'
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