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Pioneer's DVD players with HDMI, SACD, and DivX support

We were kind of hoping Pioneer would get a little ironic on us and throw some HDCP on their new HDMI-enabled DV-696AV, 490V, and 393, the highest end of which is capable of playing back DVD-R/W, DVD audio, and SACD (with full six channel 24 / 192 audio), as well as DivX on a burned disc. Yeah, it upconverts to 720p / 1080i, but we all know what the real draw here is. Hey, they gotta keep selling DVD players somehow until their Blu-ray players hit the market, right?