Norman_Chan Posted September 13, 2002 Posted September 13, 2002 SAFE is having sales on this Pioneer DV-633a at S$599 with a S$100 SAFE cash voucher to be use on other products.
Norman_Chan Posted September 13, 2002 Author Posted September 13, 2002 Wah ! Today news paper immediate put sales at S$499 !!!
tcw Posted September 13, 2002 Posted September 13, 2002 Quote Wah ! Today news paper immediate put sales at S$499 !!! The new Pioneer 655 DVD Player costs $599 without any bargaining at the big shops. I've just dicovered that you can easily bargain at Best, SAFE or Harvey Norman. Just offer $50 to $100 less, and they will often agree. Of course, you need to do your homework first, as you can buy substantially cheaper elsewhere at the smaller retailers. The older Pioneer 633 cannot play SACD or DVD Audio, so it definitely not worth buying at $499, only $100 difference.
Guest joamonte Posted September 13, 2002 Posted September 13, 2002 TCW, the new 655 can play SACD or DVD Audio? :D
Norman_Chan Posted September 14, 2002 Author Posted September 14, 2002 Quote Quote Wah ! Today news paper immediate put sales at S$499 !!! The new Pioneer 655 DVD Player costs $599 without any bargaining at the big shops. I've just dicovered that you can easily bargain at Best, SAFE or Harvey Norman. Just offer $50 to $100 less, and they will often agree. Of course, you need to do your homework first, as you can buy substantially cheaper elsewhere at the smaller retailers. The older Pioneer 633 cannot play SACD or DVD Audio, so it definitely not worth buying at $499, only $100 difference. tcw , Did you se wrongly ? The 633a is the new model which came togathr with the 733a and can play DVD Audio. As for 655 , never see this model leh ... only see 355. Where can see the new spec. of the 655 ??? You sure all the big shop got the new 655 display ???
Norman_Chan Posted September 14, 2002 Author Posted September 14, 2002 Oooo I see , today Pioneer web-site got show this model ... yesterday did not see this new 655 model ..... I think the 633a is clearing stock that why the price dropping ..... very good price for the 655 if it selling at $599 .....
chucks Posted September 14, 2002 Posted September 14, 2002 Quote Oooo I see , today Pioneer web-site got show this model ... yesterday did not see this new 655 model ..... I think the 633a is clearing stock that why the price dropping ..... very good price for the 655 if it selling at $599 ..... kec has been selling the 655a for abt 3 weeks to a mth alreadi.
Norman_Chan Posted September 14, 2002 Author Posted September 14, 2002 How much is KEC selling ??? Really interested leh. Why Pioneer do not have HDCD playback? Is it due to the chipset it use ???
chucks Posted September 14, 2002 Posted September 14, 2002 Quote How much is KEC selling ??? Really interested leh. Why Pioneer do not have HDCD playback? Is it due to the chipset it use ??? 599 too, when it first arrives weeks ago. maybe now price is lower since other shops may have stock already. i almost bought it but then i wanted to see if anyone here bought it too and hear their comments abt it before committing. but for weeks, no one say anything leh...
Guest joamonte Posted September 14, 2002 Posted September 14, 2002 54MHz/10-bit D/A converter (progressive) .....mnnn.. abit outdated in Video spec... ::)
chucks Posted September 14, 2002 Posted September 14, 2002 Quote 54MHz/10-bit D/A converter (progressive) .....mnnn.. abit outdated in Video spec... ::) yeah, both 633a and 655a comes with that. 733a is 108mhz/12 bit though.
Norman_Chan Posted September 14, 2002 Author Posted September 14, 2002 I think now the standard is 10 bit 54 mhz , seen quite a number of new dvd player with this spec. , is it really better than the 10 bit 27 mhz ??? The top range from Denon - model 9000 is 14 bit 108 mhz if I did not remeber wrongly .....
Deepblue1624705734 Posted September 14, 2002 Posted September 14, 2002 i was quoted $495 for the 655a in SLS. Good buy? cant find any review in the net....
Jose Posted September 14, 2002 Posted September 14, 2002 Guess Pioneer 655 is targeted at the budget market. There is a lack of mid priced players having the SACD/DVD-A playback and progressive scan. People who want a cheap all-in-one player will get it. I will be getting one to replace my old dvdp in living room, while waiting for a better one to come before getting for my own bedroom. 8P
Norman_Chan Posted September 17, 2002 Author Posted September 17, 2002 Anyone know is Pioneer using the Genesis chipset for progressive scan function ? Any Pioneer owner with Pogressive Scan feature ever open the player to look-see inside ???
neophyte Posted September 18, 2002 Posted September 18, 2002 The above model was quoted for $515 at KEC. It's a good all-in-one player. Build quality is not great though. BTW, heard recent news that there are bugs in the Pioneer DVD recorder chips. Just be careful about the recorders.
Norman_Chan Posted September 18, 2002 Author Posted September 18, 2002 TCW, Sorry to ask... have you ever open your Pioneer DVD player to look-see inside ?
tcw Posted September 18, 2002 Posted September 18, 2002 Quote TCW, Sorry to ask... have you ever open your Pioneer DVD player to look-see inside ? Haha, Norman, I'm not so adventurous, but suffice to say that my 737 is a very good and reliable Player, solid built, can play everything, and I would be keeping this for quite a while. Based on my experience and others who own Pioneer, that's why I always recommend Pioneer to others. Their experience with the Laser Disc era truly shows in their reliability. :)
Norman_Chan Posted September 18, 2002 Author Posted September 18, 2002 I'm looking forward for the 655a in Dec 02 , only worry that my Toshiba TV may have problem with the Pioneer player after experiences with the DCDi chipset player with Toshiba TV.
pschia Posted September 18, 2002 Posted September 18, 2002 Quote I'm looking forward for the 655a in Dec 02 , only worry that my Toshiba TV may have problem with the Pioneer player after experiences with the DCDi chipset player with Toshiba TV. Why would you have problem with Pioneer 655 on your Toshiba? The 655 does not do PAL progressive at all and the Nintaus and Q50 has had no problems whatsoever playing back NTSC progressive on the Toshiba.
Norman_Chan Posted September 23, 2002 Author Posted September 23, 2002 Was think to letting go my Nintaus ... you think will there be any buyer ?
pschia Posted September 23, 2002 Posted September 23, 2002 Quote Was think to letting go my Nintaus ... you think will there be any buyer ? I should think that there are some people who would be interested. Why don't you let go your Toshiba TV and get a new one instead? Maybe a projector even. :)
Norman_Chan Posted September 23, 2002 Author Posted September 23, 2002 I was thinking also letting go my 34 " Toshiba TV less than a year old and get an Plasma (was quite interested in the Fujitsu plasma) ... ha ... ha ... but you think the Toshiba TV got people want to buy 2nd hand too ?
pschia Posted September 23, 2002 Posted September 23, 2002 There's still a lot of people who like the picture quality of Toshiba TVs. Depends a lot on the price you are asking for, I suppose and not everyone is interested in PAL progressive anyway. I am actually thinking about selling off my 43A9UE too. ;D
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