Hi!

Someone somewhere said that the Onkyo DX-V370 is actually a Pioneer clone (which means ... rebranded...?). Any ideas as to which one? And is it any good?

Well cosmetically it does somewhat resemble a Pioneer CLD-406, although I can’t confirm the Onkyo model is actually based on this player unfortunately.

I doesn't have the same back though, but maybe that's something that would change between revisions.

Couldn’t find any shots of the Onkyo’s back panel, but out of interest, does the back of the unit give away which market the player was built for?

The specs mention Canada as one (among others, possibly), on page 3: https://www.manualscenter.com/manuals/o ... anual.html
Here's a Polish site with bunch of screenshots: https://allegrolokalnie.pl/oferta/unika ... -v370-nowe

I must say apart from "VIDEO CD" its a fine looking bit of kit

This Onkyo appears to be a hybrid of a Pioneer, CLD-D606. From what I can tell, the Onkyo is a bit of a downgrade since it appears to lack the digital field memory circuit found on the 606 for CLV LD special effects playback. Of course, the 606 does not play VCD like the Onkyo but that's not really relevant in the age of DVD & Blu-ray.

As for picture quality, I couldn't say how good or bad the picture and sound quality could be but I assume it's on par with other Epsilon Turn players from the same era.

Here is a link showing a lot of images of the Onkyo (inside and out).....

http://www.tubebbs.com/thread-268128-1-1.html

If close to a 606, I wonder if the video mod from this thread is possible...
CLD-D606 and Video Essentials

Pioneer cld-d515 (European) one
The Onkyo is only ntsc.
The videoboard is a modified one. power supply board has some other value caps but nothing spectacular.

Aha, thanks for the info!

It's nearly identical to CLD-D406 except that DX-V370 doesn't have optical output. CLD-D606 has S-video output whereas DX-V370 doesn't. I think its internal is more like a CLD-D390 with VCD playback function.