Home Cinema Systems > Pioneer Home Cinema Systems > 5.1 Channel Surround > less than 100 Watts

Advantages: Ok for DVD surround
Disadvantages: No TV surround. No digital optical cable.

Pioneer have really let the side down with this model. It is not capable of converting TV sounds sources to Pro Logic surround sound!! The best you get is stereo from the front two speakers via a RF cable. It doesn't even have a digital optical cable! What a let down! As a DVD player it does what I expect it to but the reason people buy these systems is for full surround, including the ability to convert TV sound to surround. Not worth the money ... Read review

Advantages: Compact, Pretty, Wife Pleaser!
Disadvantages: Complicated Remote, Reliability

...no problem. On contacting Pioneer Customer Services they directed me to an approved service centre who are going to charge £40 just to look at it! After having my previous system for considerably longer (and a cheap one at that!) I can honestly say I am disappointed with the reliability of this machine. My only other problem with the machine is that the remote control has so many buttons that it is somewhat overwhelming - especially when your wife ... Read review

Advantages: Rear wireless speaker, Great Sound and Picture
Disadvantages: None

The Pioneer DCS 525 comprises of a DVD player, subwoofer and 4 speakers packaged together. I bought this system from Internet for the very reasonable price of £350 The heart of the system is a DVD player, tuner, alarm clock and 100 watt subwoofer combined together in a compact and slim design. To give the home cinema effect, four speakers are provided. These comprise of a sub-woofer and four satellite speakers. These speakers seem pretty robust ...
...buy this Home Cinema or Pioneer DCS323 Home cinema kit. I went for system as the rear speaker was wireless and it saved having a mess of cables around my room. I would recommend this system to anybody who is thinking about getting a home cinema system. For £350 a little expensive but well worth it you can’t really go wrong, especially with the amount of features that are on offer. It also makes as good alarm clock to get you out of bed for work ... Read review

Advantages: DVD recorder, HDD , Jukebox & surround sound all in one
Disadvantages: cant watch Digital TV if recording Terrestial unless extra scart added

...all the time so the pioneer with its built in digital Jukebox seemed like all our dreams had come at once. Setting up was not easy but once we had sorted out the basics from the 155 page manual it was OK. The choice of recording to HDD or to disc was great .. you can also record what you have from HDD to disc if you really like the film or program you have recorded.. BUT you cant record from the digital Jukebox to disc so if creating CD's is your ...
...remotes & just use the Pioneer one. It takes a bit of reading & remembering which buttons are for which but once you get the hang of it its great. . Basically if you want HDD, DVD, the possibility of Multiregion .. this can be done by several suppliers and storage for your music then this ones for you. Finally the surround system is great. The option of using the back speakers at the ftont ontop of the front big speakers is superb. It relays the ... Read review

Advantages: Price, ease of use
Disadvantages: Problem with movies longer than 172 mins.

I like a decent surround sound when I watch movies, but didn't want to spend £900. I saw this system, and knowing pioneer, decided to get it. At just over £200, I was a little sceptical, but was pleasantly surprised. It was easy to install, the sound is great, and the picture is crystal clear. Given the price, and the amount of functions on this system, I could not find a better system, no matter how much I searched. There is virtually nothing this ...
...a cd place it in the DVD drive, and it will run a slide show of those images on your TV. It can play Mp3's and Windows Media files. It is also fully DTS capable. The picture qualiity is great. The sound is excellent, and it has several preset configurations, eg, Cinema, gaming, music etc. It also has the midnight mode, with 2 settings, and dialogue enhancement also with 2 modes. The remote is fully functional and pretty easy to drive. The only ... Read review