Pioneer DV-444 VS Sony DVPNS400!

[orjan_boe]

I shall bought my first dvd standalone player. I need some advice. Shall I buy the Pioneer DV-444 ore the Sony DVPNS400!?

What`s best player of these two?

[faruq]

The SONY DVP-NS400D is better ...

[agzz]

i would say the 444

[ZAP!!]

I have a Pioneer DV 440 and it has been great! I think the 444 is similar. I can play stuff on my player that none of my friends can. I don't know about that Sony model but I have noticed a lot of Sony's don't play CD-R's at all, but they will play CD-RW's just fine.

[nomisco]

I did have the Sony NS300, I thought it was crap, very fussy with CD-R, lots of trouble playing discs with even minor scratches. I now have the Pioneer DV444, it's a great player and plays every brand of disc I have tried in it.

[puntloos]

Well the pioneer can play MP3 and SVCD while in vcdhelp it says the Sony can't. Is that important to you?

No idea of the price.

[Wicked_Al]

I have a DVP-NS400D and I think its great...it can read CDR/RW and play SVCDs when you changed the headers. I looked at the 444 and the price was the main factor in going with the NS400. MP3 playback is something I know I wouldn't use.

[mikerios]

I have the 434 and it's better than my Sony 550s, it's not picky, will do 192 khz mp3, plays svcds on cdr or cdrw media handles dvd-r and dvd-rw with no problems, for 200 a better buy than the 600 I paid for my 550s.