Pioneer DV-717 DVD Player

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Pioneer DV-717 CDR
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$350  8.4/10
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DVD Media comments for this DVD Player (click on the link to read the comments)
1 ACT Storage 4xDVD-R (AN31........) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play.
1 BestMedia Platinum 8xDVD-R (RITEKG05....) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play.
1 BestMedia Platinum 8xDVD+R (RITEK...S04) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play.
1 Bulkpaq 1xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 0 plays 1 dont play.
1 Bulkpaq 4xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 0 plays 1 dont play.
1 Datawrite Classic Grey 8xDVD-R (FUJIFILM03..) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play.
1 DVDPro 4xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play.
1 EMTEC 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play.
1 Fortis 2.4xDVD+R (RITEK...D01) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play.
1 Fujifilm 2.4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR00) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play.
1 Memorex 4xDVD-R (CMC MAG. AF1) comments, 0 plays 1 dont play.
1 MMore 1xDVD-R (EuroDig-Disc) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play.
1 Panasonic 2xBD-R (MEI...T01) comments, 0 plays 1 dont play.
1 Princo 4xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play.
1 Samsung 4xDVD-R (BeAll G40001) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play.
1 Sony 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play.
1 TDK 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play.
2 Verbatim (DataLifePlus) 4xDVD-R (MCC 01RG20) comments, 1 plays 1 dont play.
1 White Label 2xDVD-R (TDKG02000000) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play.
1 White Label 1xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play.
1 WYSIWYG 4xDVD-R (RITEKG04....) comments, 1 plays 0 dont play.
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nulbox from France reported May 13, 2007:
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CDR
CDRW
Few DVD-R
DVD-RW
DVD-R DL?
DVD+R
DVD+RW
DVD+R DL
BD-R?
BD-RE?
BD-R DL?
MP3
WMA
CVD?
$? over 1 year 9 of 10
DVD-MP3
MP3 long filename
MP3 ID3 TAG
DivX
XviD

Comments:
I got it since over 10 years, and still working very well.

Media working (burned with a SATA samsung s183A DVD writer):
- Bestmedia platinum DVD+R DL 8.5GB - 8X - media code : RITEK S04
- Verbatim DVD+R 4.7GB - 16X - media code : YUDEN000T03
- Memorex DVD+RW 4.7GB - 2.4X - media code : CMC MAG W01
- Verbatim DVD+RW 4.7GB - 4X - media code : MKM A02
- Imation DVD-RW 4.7GB - 4X - media code : OPTODISCW004
- Fujifilm CD-R 700Mb - 48X

Media NOT working (burned with a samsung s183A DVD writer):
- Verbatim DVD-R 4.7GB - 8X - media code : MCC 02RG20




Luke from Italy reported October 21, 2005:
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CDR
CDRW?
Few DVD-R
DVD-RW?
DVD-R DL?
DVD+R?
DVD+RW?
DVD+R DL?
BD-R?
BD-RE?
BD-R DL?
MP3?
WMA?
CVD?
$? 90 days 10 of 10
Comments:
Have problems with Buena Vista titles (Atlantis, Monstyers&Co): initial menu section interrupts in video and audio (then the movie is ok), it seems a problem of bad authoring/editing, does anybody kwows if fixable with firware upgrade?
Actual is 2.284/4

Regards
Luke




Kev from United Kingdom reported January 23, 2005:
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CDR?
CDRW?
DVD-R?
DVD-RW?
DVD-R DL?
DVD+R?
DVD+RW?
DVD+R DL
BD-R?
BD-RE?
BD-R DL?
MP3?
WMA?
CVD?
$? over 1 year 10 of 10
Comments:
Awesome Player

Just burnt a VERBATIM DVD+R DL and it played no problems






Harpo from United Kingdom reported January 09, 2005:
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CDR?
CDRW?
DVD-R?
DVD-RW?
DVD-R DL?
DVD+R?
DVD+RW?
DVD+R DL
BD-R?
BD-RE?
BD-R DL?
MP3?
WMA?
CVD?
$? over 1 year 9 of 10
Comments:
Plays Mitsubishi dual layer DVD+R discs.




w00kie from France reported February 18, 2004:
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CDR
CDRW?
Few DVD-R
DVD-RW?
DVD-R DL?
DVD+R?
DVD+RW?
DVD+R DL?
BD-R?
BD-RE?
BD-R DL?
MP3
WMA
CVD?
$? N/A 7 of 10
DVD-WMA
DVD-MP3
MP3 long filename
MP3 ID3 TAG
DivX

Comments:
I've had this player for almost 5 years now and it still works perfectly with all my original DVDs, whatever region they come from.
However, I'm looking into buying a new player that'll read DVD-R better as the Orange BULKPAQ 4x keep freezing aound the end




Stoney from Other reported December 02, 2003:
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CDR
CDRW
DVD-R
DVD-RW
DVD-R DL?
DVD+R
DVD+RW
DVD+R DL?
BD-R?
BD-RE?
BD-R DL?
MP3
WMA
CVD
$800 N/A 8 of 10
miniDVD/cDVD
JPG/JPEG
DVD-MP3
MP3 long filename
MP3 ID3 TAG
DivX
MPEGISO
DVD-RAM

Comments:
Good player but plays no (X)SVCD of any kind.
Not 100% compatible with DVD+RW (sometimes works, sometimes not - with the same disc). Not very tolerant to any non-standard DVDs.




Dragone from Other reported June 22, 2003:
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CDR
CDRW
DVD-R
DVD-RW?
DVD-R DL?
DVD+R?
DVD+RW
DVD+R DL?
BD-R?
BD-RE?
BD-R DL?
MP3
WMA?
CVD?
$700 N/A 8 of 10
DVD-MP3
MP3 long filename
MP3 ID3 TAG
DivX

Comments:
I've hade trouble playing rewriten DVD+RW an CD-RW, after rewriting them a few times it says that it can't read the disc.




Ron from Other reported April 15, 2003:
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CDR?
CDRW?
DVD-R
DVD-RW
DVD-R DL?
DVD+R?
DVD+RW?
DVD+R DL?
BD-R?
BD-RE?
BD-R DL?
MP3?
WMA?
CVD?
$? N/A 10 of 10
Comments:
The drive is great. I just burned my own made DVDs(-R, -RW) with the Pioneer DVR-A05. Both DVDs play correct without any problem.

It was an expensive drive to buy, but clearly worth the investment!




Luka from Other reported January 27, 2003:
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CDR
CDRW
DVD-R
DVD-RW
DVD-R DL?
DVD+R
DVD+RW
DVD+R DL?
BD-R?
BD-RE?
BD-R DL?
MP3
WMA?
CVD?
$? N/A 9 of 10
Comments:
I have this player more than 3 yrs. First i was unhappy that it cost me so much and there is no difference between simple players. Now i know that 717 is the best!!! One point missing couse SVCD.




Arie51 from Other reported January 26, 2003:
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CDR
CDRW
DVD-R
DVD-RW
DVD-R DL?
DVD+R
DVD+RW
DVD+R DL?
BD-R?
BD-RE?
BD-R DL?
MP3
WMA
CVD?
$800 N/A 9 of 10
DVD-MP3
MP3 long filename
MP3 ID3 TAG

Comments:
Fine DVD player.
This player play all kind of disks but something I have problems wiht DVD+RW playback.
When I'm watching a movie on a DVD+RW after a hour it give problems after eject and start this problem is over for 10 mintus. It is not a laser problem because I have replaced it yesterday. So the 717 play DVD+RW with a little problem. The best disk to play your movies are the DVD-R.




Jeanmanu from Other reported January 14, 2003:
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CDR
CDRW
DVD-R?
DVD-RW?
DVD-R DL?
DVD+R?
DVD+RW?
DVD+R DL?
BD-R?
BD-RE?
BD-R DL?
MP3
WMA
CVD?
$800 N/A 9 of 10
JPG/JPEG
DVD-MP3
MP3 long filename
MP3 ID3 TAG

Comments:
No comments




Byez from Other reported January 09, 2003:
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CDR
CDRW?
DVD-R?
DVD-RW?
DVD-R DL?
DVD+R?
DVD+RW?
DVD+R DL?
BD-R?
BD-RE?
BD-R DL?
MP3?
WMA?
CVD?
$800 N/A 8 of 10
Comments:
No problems with VCD. In fact, using VCDs created from DVD2SVCD (build 1.1.0 + patch) as 16:9 anamorphic (3rd option in DVD2SVCD) play just fine, with excellent resolution on my 16:9 tv.




Marco from Other reported December 28, 2002:
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CDR
CDRW
DVD-R?
DVD-RW?
DVD-R DL?
DVD+R?
DVD+RW?
DVD+R DL?
BD-R?
BD-RE?
BD-R DL?
MP3
WMA?
CVD?
$350 N/A 8 of 10
JPG/JPEG

Comments:
No comments




marco from Other reported November 14, 2002:
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CDR
CDRW
DVD-R?
DVD-RW?
DVD-R DL?
DVD+R?
DVD+RW?
DVD+R DL?
BD-R?
BD-RE?
BD-R DL?
MP3?
WMA?
CVD?
$800 N/A 8 of 10
Comments:
I have tested the player with some file mpeg1 and mpeg2 no standard, trying to changhe some things, like bitrate or resolution:
mpeg1 480_576= OK loss synk with audio
mpeg2 480_576= OK " " " "




russel khan from Other reported August 26, 2002:
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CDR
CDRW?
DVD-R
DVD-RW?
DVD-R DL?
DVD+R?
DVD+RW?
DVD+R DL?
BD-R?
BD-RE?
BD-R DL?
MP3
WMA?
CVD?
$? N/A 8 of 10
Comments:
Successfully recognises DVD-R media by Apple, Verbatim, and Bulkpaq when burned with Ulead DVD MovieFactory. DVD-R discs burned with Nero (version 5.5.9.0) only work with good brand media (Verbatim, Apple) and sometimes freeze when searching.

VCD compatibility is extremely good. Works with a huge range of CD-R media (branded and unbranded). I use Nero to make VCDs.

Have not tested CD-RW or other DVD formats.

Build quality is superb. My player was region-modified by the retailer and works with Region 1 and 2 discs.




Bygone from Other reported August 06, 2002:
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CDR
CDRW?
DVD-R
DVD-RW
DVD-R DL?
DVD+R?
DVD+RW?
DVD+R DL?
BD-R?
BD-RE?
BD-R DL?
MP3
WMA?
CVD?
$? N/A 9 of 10
Comments:
with region free chip in this is a very nice player.

plays dvd-r and dvd-rw without trouble but svcd dont work at all.




Super Vin's from Other reported June 13, 2002:
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CDR
CDRW
DVD-R?
DVD-RW?
DVD-R DL?
DVD+R?
DVD+RW?
DVD+R DL?
BD-R?
BD-RE?
BD-R DL?
MP3?
WMA?
CVD?
$1000 N/A 9 of 10
miniDVD/cDVD

Comments:
I don't try DVD-R and DVD-RW but Pioneer say me that it works well.
They tell me the SVCD don' t works on Pioneer DVD players.
This player is a great player but it has 3 years hold now.
it doesn't support the last standard (SVCD , MiniDVD, etc ).






Peer from Other reported June 07, 2002:
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CDR
CDRW
DVD-R?
DVD-RW?
DVD-R DL?
DVD+R
DVD+RW
DVD+R DL?
BD-R?
BD-RE?
BD-R DL?
MP3?
WMA?
CVD?
$? N/A 10 of 10
Comments:
No comments




Michael Engelen from Other reported March 06, 2002:
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CDR
CDRW
DVD-R
DVD-RW?
DVD-R DL?
DVD+R?
DVD+RW?
DVD+R DL?
BD-R?
BD-RE?
BD-R DL?
MP3
WMA?
CVD?
$1000 N/A 9 of 10
Comments:
Generally the best of my players. I bought it codefree and it plays almost all DVDs that I tried ("My blue heaven" (Code 1) does not run, however). I lately played around with VCDs (made some with WinOnCD 3.8) and found that these VCDs do NOT work correctly (sound is miserable). I'm not sure if it's the plyer or the software that I used to make the VCDs. On my very cheap CyberHome player everything works fine...

Any suggestions (of course it's out of guarantee)?




cybersonik from Other reported February 26, 2002:
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CDR
CDRW?
DVD-R?
DVD-RW?
DVD-R DL?
DVD+R?
DVD+RW?
DVD+R DL?
BD-R?
BD-RE?
BD-R DL?
MP3
WMA?
CVD?
$1000 N/A 8 of 10
Comments:
Even though it's old, it's still a great player. There is a known bug in the older models (lipsynch), the later revisions (including the one I have) have this fixed.

It does NOT play svcds, as most owners seem to agree. It's a riddle to me why some owners report it does, as SVCD is a standard - it should play it or not. It does play VCDs fine, even though it does not like cheap quality cdr's, and you can forget about fast forwarding and rewinding smoothly.

As far as I know the hack posted here somewhere to disable regioncheck does not work either. You need to upgrade the firmware of the player. Some upgrades give you access to that specific menu, but NOT in a player you buy from a shop without mod.




POW from Other reported February 05, 2002:
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CDR
CDRW
DVD-R?
DVD-RW?
DVD-R DL?
DVD+R?
DVD+RW?
DVD+R DL?
BD-R?
BD-RE?
BD-R DL?
MP3?
WMA?
CVD?
$1000 N/A 9 of 10
Comments:
This player does NOT play svcd, so remove the support for svcd on the comparison list for this player.

This info is from pioneer.no and the retailer where they sold me this player..

Otherwise, this is a very good player..




john from Other reported January 18, 2002:
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CDR?
CDRW?
DVD-R?
DVD-RW?
DVD-R DL?
DVD+R?
DVD+RW?
DVD+R DL?
BD-R?
BD-RE?
BD-R DL?
MP3?
WMA?
CVD?
$1000 N/A 4 of 10
Comments:
Playing DVD works great on this machine.Awesome.But when it comes to VCD and SVCD I hate to admit,but it sucks.to play a VCD is no problem.But when it comes to
rewind and fast forward,man it´s lousy.Takes a lot of time and if I forward to much,it freezes.Thia is my secand 717,and the act the same,,,,............




Thomas Dhein from Other reported January 16, 2002:
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CDR
CDRW
DVD-R?
DVD-RW?
DVD-R DL?
DVD+R?
DVD+RW?
DVD+R DL?
BD-R?
BD-RE?
BD-R DL?
MP3?
WMA?
CVD?
$1000 N/A No rating
Comments:
No comments




Kim from Other reported January 08, 2002:
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CDR
CDRW
DVD-R?
DVD-RW?
DVD-R DL?
DVD+R?
DVD+RW?
DVD+R DL?
BD-R?
BD-RE?
BD-R DL?
MP3?
WMA?
CVD?
$1000 N/A 7 of 10
Comments:
I have only had positive results with my DVD-player untill recently...
It played everything I put in it... untill recently.
These days it only accepts DVD's ... if I put in a CD or a VCD it doesn't recognize the format and opens back up...




Supercozza77 from Other reported November 27, 2001:
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CDR
CDRW
DVD-R?
DVD-RW
DVD-R DL?
DVD+R?
DVD+RW?
DVD+R DL?
BD-R?
BD-RE?
BD-R DL?
MP3?
WMA?
CVD?
$1000 N/A 8 of 10
Comments:
No comments



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