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New member Username: BadlydrawnbenPost Number: 1 Registered: Sep-04 | After reading a number of the posts on the board, I've settled on getting a Pioneer 563a based on how highly recommended it seems to be. Its got pretty all the features I really want (DVD-A, SACD...) and its more than reasonably priced. It should work well with the HK AVR 230 receiver I also plan on getting very soon. Looking online for places that still sell this Pioneer player I stumbled across this website: http://www.220-electronics.com/dvd/pioneer563.htm It looks like you get a modded 563 that can play any region and format for around 250$ with shipping. Is this overpriced or worthwhile? I couldn't find any mention of this on the message boards so I thought I'd see what your collective thoughts were. |
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Gold Member Username: KeggerMICHIGAN Post Number: 1466 Registered: Dec-03 | unless you want to copy movies on vcr tapes or use pal movies on ntsc. i would not pay the extra for it. if the unit was modded with better quality audio in mind i would not consider a modded unit. just my 2cents |
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New member Username: BadlydrawnbenPost Number: 6 Registered: Sep-04 | hrmmm... so does the 563 not play PAL? I was mainly interested in the mod so I could play dvds from any region. I've also got a few PAL music DVDs that are region 0, but won't play on most American DVD players because they aren't NTSC. would an unmodded 563 be able to play these dvds? |
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Gold Member Username: KeggerMICHIGAN Post Number: 1476 Registered: Dec-03 | i'm not sure as i live in the us i haven't had that come up for me. i know quite a few people on this site have the 563a maybe one of them can chime in and tell us. |