Pioneer DVR-233S

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Pioneer DVR-233S Recorder Review

The easy-to-use Pioneer DVR-233S DVD recorder will help you to replace your VCR and step into the 21st century with --the perfect way to create your own movies on DVD, or to record your favorite TV programs.

The Pioneer DVR-233S records up to 10 hours of video, enough for your vacation movies or an all-day marathon of your favorite TV show. Record your favorite video content onto DVD-R/RW discs. You can also perform some basic editing functions with DVD-RW (in VR mode). It's also compatible with playing CD-R/RW and VCD discs as well as standard DVD movie and CD audio discs.

Program the Pioneer DVR-233S to record a program up to eight days in advance using the VCR Plus function, a simplified programming feature to record programs where each program has a corresponding code (PlusCode) number (typically found in newspaper and magazine TV guides).

You can connect the component video output of this DVD recorder to a progressive scan television for stable and flicker-free images. With the 3D Y/C Filter you get minimized noise and cross color in your picture, providing you with a top quality picture, and the all-important quality you require from a large screen television set. Also, Purecinema 2:3 playback provides smoother, clearer picture from discs encoded at 24 frames per second. Other features include a 10-bit /54MHz Video DAC, 24-bit /192kHz Audio DAC, block noise reduction, and mosquito noise reduction.

The Pioneer DVR-233S provides a digital coaxial audio output for connecting to surround sound home theater receivers, as well as Dolby Digital and DTS decoding. It offers the following connection options:

• Composite AV In/Out: 2 in (1 front)/1 out

• S-Video In/Out: 1 in/1 out

• Component video (YPbPr) In/Out: 0 in/1 out

• RF In/Out: 1 in/1 out

• Digital coaxial audio In/Out: 0 in/1 out

What's in the Box?

Pioneer DVR-233S DVD recorder/player, remote control (with batteries), DVD-RW disc, printed operating instructions

What Features Does the Pioneer DVR-233S Have?

• Disc capacity: 1

• Progressive scan: Yes

• VCR capability: No

• Recording capability: Yes

• Recording formats: DVD-R/RW

• Playback formats: DVD movie, CD audio, DVD-R/RW, VCD, SVCD, CD-R/RW, MP3, WMA, JPEG

• Aspect ratio control: Yes

• Dialog enhancer: No

• Integrated amplifier/receiver: No

• Front-panel operation: Yes

• Multi-angle viewing: Yes

• Chapter preview: Yes

• Custom bookmarks: No

• Karaoke: No

• Multilingual support: Yes

• Parental controls: Yes

• Picture zoom: No

• Play exchange: No

• Random play: Yes

• Repeat play: Yes

• Resume play: Yes

• Slow motion: Yes

• Frame advance: No

• Still/freeze frame: No

• Text display: Yes

• Video inputs: 2 composite AV, 2 S-Video, 1 Firewire, 1 RF

• Video outputs: 2 composite AV, 2 S-Video, 1 component, 1 RF

• Audio outputs: Analog, digital optical

• Surround-sound output or Virtual surround sound: Dolby Digital, DTS

• Headphone jack: No

• Item width: 16.55 inches

• Item height: 2.4 inches

• Item depth: 10.75 inches

• Item weight: 9.1 pounds

• Warranty: 1 year

Conclusion

So the intital concept behind this DVD Recorder is simplicity. The Pioneer DVR-233S is geared to the novice user who really doesn't want to bother with the why's and wherefore's of what makes the system work but just wants to make great recordings on DVD and then play them back.

Pioneer seems to have made the mark with this unit. Records on DVD-R discs Plays DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD media

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