Pioneer DV-410V DVD Player

Pioneer was the first to bring in Laserdisc players way back in 1980, so they sure seem to know about optical disc playback. 29 years later, their DVD players are still respected and purchased all over, even in our country. They might not be as common here though. Today we’ve received quite a promising looking unit, the Pioneer DV410V, for review.

Design
The player comes with a straight up approach in the design department, with a simple 1 RU rectangular chassis, with a typical depth dimension like regular DVD players. The colors available are black and white. We received the black one for review. The chassis is made of thin black sheet metal, and is bare all over. There are no fancy curves or contours and no shiny labels and prints, which is a welcome change for me personally.

The front panel is crowded with numerous buttons and various aspects like a large central disc tray which is camouflaged with the rest of the fa