Who's ready to enter the future? Pioneer certainly takes that charge with the world's first realtime video manipulation (Ahem... that's read "video scraching") turntable. Combining Pioneer's world-famous CD Jog Dial technology with the flexibility and capacity of DVD, the DVJ-X1 looks just like the world renown CDJ-1000MKII CD Player. But what is even more radical is that the DVJ-X1 has the same functionality - with the added capacity to playback DVDs as well as CDs. This means that digital DJs used to performing live with a CDJ-1000MKII will have no trouble using the DVJ-X1 to get busy on a whole new level.

But crucially, VJ's are now able to use the DVJ-X1 to manipulate DVD visuals in exactly the same way as a DJ, or ''turntablist'' would music. The DVJ-X1 can execute any function that the legendary CDJ-1000MKII can, but with video in addition to audio, and at the same time. So real-time digital video scratches, loops and instant cues are all possible with the awesome DVJ-X1, while the video and audio streams always stay in perfect sync, even when they're being reversed and pitched. This new Pioneer unit works with all established CD formats as well as DVDs, outright erasing the line that once seperated audio and video domains.

The VSW-1 video switcher gives top DVJs the flexibility they need to take full advantage the DVJ-X1