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 façade. Pioneer always has a knack for inconspicuous eject buttons, and this one too has a tiny black one near the tray, on the right. The extremities contain menu and navigation buttons, circularly positioned, while ‘play’ and ‘stop’ are small black ones arranged in a row below the tray.

There is a blue LED screen on the right side of the front panel while a lone USB slot is positioned below this. The left side has the single power button, though it is populated with logos of DivX, USB and the other available features.