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Summary: state of the art quality picture and sound home theater
Review: After exhaustive comparisons with the best DVD players out there, only one player could deliver the goods, with no digital artifacts, fastest and smoothest scanning, and for anamorphic widescreen, the chosen format for today and the future, the Sony DVP-7700 is the absolute reference. Not even players at twice the price could reproduce home theater sound without harshness, and bring all the dynamics and excitment like the Sony DVD player. This was well spent money, and defining what I want out of DVD.
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Summary: Great DVD Picture and Sound
Review: After reading the other reviews I had to look to see if I really had the same unit... I do! Possibly some people don't have very good audio equipment and down rate the player. Try it with a Denon AVR5700 into B&W speakers with a MK Sub. It sounds great!
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Summary: Top of the line
Review: Bottom line: This DVD player has everything that you could need or want. Sony invented DVD, and this is their top of the line model, enough said. The way I figure, DVD will be here for the forseeable future, and I wanted to buy a player that would last for at least that amount of time. Now I need to find the Spinal Tap DVD.
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Summary: Poor Reliability and Warranty
Review: I have a Sony DVD player. Sony claims a 1 year part/90 day labor warranty. First, the machine simply stopped working after 5 months. Second, to send it in for warranty repair, Sony wants money for labor, upfront, plus I have to pay for the cost to ship the item. They don't assess the problem and then give you an estimate, permitting you to decide whether or not you want to go through with a repair. Third, when I noted that the cost to repair closely approaches the cost of a new machine, their customer service representative told me I should have purchased the extended warranty.My suggestion is, buy a more reliable product, not a Sony. Check out what the warranty, when you purchase. Select a product with 1 year parts and labor. Otherwise, find out what the manufacturer charges for warranty service. Watch out for deceptive warranty policies.
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Summary: Poor Reliability and Warranty
Review: I have a Sony DVD player. Sony claims a 1 year part/90 day labor warranty. First, the machine simply stopped working after 5 months. Second, to send it in for warranty repair, Sony wants money for labor, upfront, plus I have to pay for the cost to ship the item. They don't assess the problem and then give you an estimate, permitting you to decide whether or not you want to go through with a repair. Third, when I noted that the cost to repair closely approaches the cost of a new machine, their customer service representative told me I should have purchased the extended warranty. My suggestion is, buy a more reliable product, not a Sony. Check out what the warranty, when you purchase. Select a product with 1 year parts and labor. Otherwise, find out what the manufacturer charges for warranty service. Watch out for deceptive warranty policies.
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Summary: More on 24/96 output question
Review: I have been considering this player (though am having troublelocating a dealer that has one in stock), and have learned somethinguseful about the fact that the player downsamples its digital output to 48kHz. There is a company called MSB that offers a factory-installed modification that returns the digital output to 24/96. I do not work for this company and am not getting paid to post this message. On the contrary, if anything, it is good for Amazon and Sony at the bottom line for customers to know that there is a "fix" available for Sony's ill-advised decision to downsample output. If I didn't know of this myself, I would probably pass on the Sony player for this reason. For those interested, information about the modification can be found ... by searching MSB on the Web. Sorry I can't give you more details.
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Summary: This is probably the best DVD player out there
Review: I have owned my Sony DVP-S7700 player for some time and I never had any problem with it. Therefore, I was amazed that some people actually had a problem with this player as posted in some of the other reviews. I, for one, found the sound quality to be excellent. Incidentally, of all the professional reviews I read on the S7700, never once did I see a review mention that the sound quality of this unit was only fair. Articles I have read have also compared this player to a top-of-the-line cd player. And I agree with them. After installing my player, I can honestly say my cds sounded better. This has me convinced that not all cd players sound the same. My only thought for people who are having sound problems is perhaps they should have a home theater technician look into their setup. Maybe all that is needed is a small adjustment and then they will know what the rest of us are talking about when we marvel about how great a DVD player this is. In case you are wondering, I do not work for Sony; I am just a very, very satisfied Sony customer.
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Summary: This is probably the best DVD player out there
Review: I have owned my Sony DVP-S7700 player for some time and I never had any problem with it. Therefore, I was amazed that some people actually had a problem with this player as posted in some of the other reviews. I, for one, found the sound quality to be excellent. Incidentally, of all the professional reviews I read on the S7700, never once did I see a review mention that the sound quality of this unit was only fair. Articles I have read have also compared this player to a top-of-the-line cd player. And I agree with them. After installing my player, I can honestly say my cds sounded better. This has me convinced that not all cd players sound the same. My only thought for people who are having sound problems is perhaps they should have a home theater technician look into their setup. Maybe all that is needed is a small adjustment and then they will know what the rest of us are talking about when we marvel about how great a DVD player this is. In case you are wondering, I do not work for Sony; I am just a very, very satisfied Sony customer.
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Summary: worth a one and a half year search
Review: I have spent 1.5 years looking for a new piece of equipmentthat could deliver good music and surround sound (DTS and DD). Ilooked at all kinds of equipment including LINN etc but this is the best I could find. Also keeping in mind the balance between cost and sound. You can get better sound but it costs much , much more. A great device and I enjoy it every day.
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Summary: Top of the line player, bottom of the line sound
Review: I set out to purchase a DVD player to complement my already in place home theater setup. I previously had a second generation, yet ~2 year old Panasonic DVD player with the DTS output. I finally found a dealer with the S7700 in stock and bought it. Once installed, I was thoroughly impressed with everything but the sound. I purchased, along with the player, a 36" Sony XBR WEGA TV, and, as expected, the picture quality was incredible. Unfortunately, I soon realized that I had a problem on my hands. After connecting the player into my sound equipment, there was something missing. The sound on my older player was much better than the Sony. Caveat emptor: If you are looking for a top-of-the-line player, purchase the DVP-S7700. It's ease of use and picture quality are great. If you have already invested a lot of money into a sound system that works great with your current player, beware... you are in for disappointment.
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