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However, the DV-490V-S does not support either of the super high fidelity audio formats, SACD or DVD-Audio. These are common features in higher end DVD players from Pioneer, but since the DV-490V-S retails for a budget price of less than $100, some compromises have been made. Thankfully, the areas where Pioneer hasn 't compromised are the video and audio performance of the DV-490V-S. While we noticed that some discs seemed to load a little slowly, once up and running the DVD player delivered solid picture quality whether upscaling or using progressive scan output at standard 480p resolution. The unit offers a good selection of video adjustments along with plenty of playback options such as disc resume, repeat play and random play.
The DV-490V-S offers a digital coaxial audio output with Dolby Digital and DTS pass through for routing 5.1 channel surround sound to a full featured A/V receiver. However, the unit does not feature a digital optical audio output. The overall performance of the Pioneer DV-490V-S upscaling DVD player makes it excellent value for its relatively low price.
The 490V is based on the Mediatek MPEG decoder and all-in-one video-processing chip. This is not the first time Pioneer has included this chip in its DVD players; the 588 and 578 universal players both used this same chip. What has bugged me about this is the
Moving on to our de-interlacing tests, this player did average for its price point and MPEG decoder. Every Mediatek player I
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