April 2006

About.com

Overall, with its reasonable price and basic features, DVR-233 functions well as both a DVD recorder and player, and is worthy of consideration for novice users.

July 2005

Sound & Vision

If you use the Pioneer DVR-233's extended recording modes (8 and 10 hours) very sparingly, you'll end up with reasonably good video quality most of the time - and excellent quality in the 1- and 2-hour modes.