Pioneer's DV-420V upscaling DVD player somehow makes MP3s sound better
By Darren Murph 
posted Jan 9th 2009 7:20AM
posted Jan 9th 2009 7:20AM
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wonder if it will playback Divx7, if so it will playback x264 .mkv files.
I doubt it about the x264 .mkv support but agree that would be great if it did.
a cheap device like this that will playback HD x264 mkvs with subtitles, surely some mistake?
If only - if only these gosh darned hardware manufacturers would step up their game and support these codecs. Seriously, it's really not that hard to do.
I believe DIVX 7 is supposed to have h.264 support it has not been stated if the .mkv container will be supported.
actually right from the divx website regarding divx7:
Look for DivX Plus™ HD Certified devices later this year that will support playback of all DivX and DivX Plus files, as well as .mkv (H.264/AAC) videos from the Internet.
Low rank me.
No.
Never.
It's always 4:20 somewhere!
"Pioneer's DV-420V upscaling DVD player somehow makes MP3s sound better" well, I have an idea what makes 'em sound better!
At first the model number got me, then I noticed the clock in the picture is set to that time as well! Too Funny! Sounds like a great device to me, and I have to say that if it's at 4:20 it's gotta sound better, look better, taste better.
"Pioneer already blew out its good stuff this morning, but it saved this gem for a little afternoon delight."
Well done :)
The title of the article does not make any sense!
The press info states that it "encodes" mp3's and does not mention anything about the quality of the decoding process.
This would mean it makes MP3 files, which I would assume would mean from CD's?
It would be great if it would make MP3's from DVD's!
As Engadget reported yesterday, this player will encode MP3 files to a flash drive from an audio CD. There's no mention of an EQ or other algorithm to make anything sound better.
I was thinking the same thing...
It would be great to make JPG's from DVD's, but refrained from the comment because I saw that making my DVD's look better actually involves a bath, some moisturizer, and lipstick.
how is this different from my DV-400V that i bought a little more than a year ago? the front panel looks EXACTLY the same save for the placement of the USB port (now under the LED display, 400V's on the left hand said where it said "PureCinema Progressive" here) and the four corner buttons around the pause/play keys (they're now squares instead of small circles).
and with the same entry price i'd expect this'd do the same as the 400v: decent upscaling, DivX/XviD playback but some resolutions won't play, and 320kbps and/or VBR is not supported (i forgot which, but i'm sure one of them is)
I purcahsed a Pioneer DV-37 back in 2001 since it was their top of the line DVD player, but was also $700. I wonder if this one will have a better picture quality (regardless of upconverting) at only $90.
looks like bluray is really moving forward... /sarcasm
Further to the question of how the Pioneer DV-420V differs from the older DV-400V, how does the DV-420V differ from the DV-410V (which itself replaced the DV-400V this past spring/summer with almost no change from the DV-400V)?