I bought a chipped 525 from Link Electronics via internet last year and can't say that I have been disappointed.
I looked into the purchase by reading reviews on the internet and was told by other owners that their only gripe with it was that the CD drawer is really noisy.
I got my player within a couple of days and basically, that is the only problem with it - the CD drawer is incredibly noisy!
However, the player itself is full featured, plays DVDs well - handling multi-layer discs at faster speed than some of the more expensive players such as the Sony. It also handles VCDs which is a boon if you have a CD-writer on your computer because you can download your own films over the internet and play them back (although the quality with this is not as good as with DVD)
Ensure that your television has a SCART input (or loop it through your video recorder) as the Pioneer doesn't have a UHF output. However this is the norm with DVD players as it is a digital standard and not really designed for use with ropey televisions!
The picture quality is as good on many of the more expensive machines. It has none of the green tint you get on some of the budget machines such as the Proline.
All in all the Pioneer represents excellent value for money. It is a nice looking machine, and a bargain for the price.
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