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Summary: Sony's Fall From Grace...
Review: Whatever you do, do NOT buy a Sony DVD. You are asking for trouble, and aggravation. First, there were the horror stories from the S560D owners. I'd bet money that every one of those failed eventually.
Now, Sony launches another piece of dung, the S530D. Did this company change ownership or what?? When I spend several hundred dollars on an item, I expect it to last more than 1.5 years! Plus, I got absolutely nowhere with Sony Tech Support/ Customer Service. They tried to tell me I dirtied the lens with dirty/dusty DVD's. Funny, I've not heard of such a problem with owners of other MFR's equipment.
Well, I have a rack full of Sony electronics, and I hereby swear I will NEVER replace any one of them with a Sony product.
Do not buy Sony, or you will be like me, writing a nasty Sony review, VERY soon!
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Summary: Poor Reliability and Warranty
Review: I have a [$] Sony DVD player. Sony claims a 1 year part/90 day labor warranty. First, the machine simply stopped working after 5 months. Second, to send it in for warranty repair, Sony wants [$] 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: Not a VCD player
Review: DVD's work just fine in this player.
But I purchased it with the intention of viewing home movie VCD's.
Not happenin'.
No matter what I try (VCD,SVCD,different cd-r disks,...) this model WILL NOT play them.
I've seen DVD players costing under $100 play the very same VCD's without any problems.
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Summary: Do not buy this at any price
Review: As other reviewers have testified, this player, after a few months of use, will start skipping (entire tracks) and stopping. It doesn't occur on all disks, but frequently enough that I'm going to have to purchase a new player. This was a very poor release by Sony.
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Summary: DO NOT BUY
Review: Do NOT buy this Sony DVD player!!! In fact, I recommend that you just play it safe and don't buy any Sony DVD player. It is guaranteed to break and you will have a lot of trouble returning it! I have been a loyal Sony customer for years and never gave it a second thought when I bought this DVD player about 8 months ago. But after just a few weeks of owning it, every movie I played started skipping or freezing or not working in some sort of way. I was new to the DVD scene at the time and thought it was scratches on the cds that were causing the problem. Turns out it was the player. When I tried to return it, the store I bought it from wouldn't let me because it was over the 90 day limit. I find this VERY unfair, and now I'm stuck with a $[money] piece of junk. Not only that, but I know two other people who own the exact same player and they both are having the same kind of trouble as me. I did a little research and found that most stores are selling this player for less than $[money] now...and some stores have discontinued selling the product all together and replaced it with a new "improved" version. In other words, this (and maybe other) SONY DVD players are [junk]! DO NOT GET INVOLVED WITH SONY DVD PLAYERS!!!
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Summary: stay away from it
Review: after two years, i cannot watch a dvd without it skipping, stopping and, recently, the c:13 00 error appearing. it [stinks] and instead of pulling out all my hairs i'm buying a toshiba. stay away from it.
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Summary: Machine died after 4 months of light use
Review: After 4 months, I got a persistent "disk dirty" error - the infamous catch-all error for "refusing to work properly." The machine has been in a certified Sony repair shop for 3 weeks, and the tech whose trying to fix it still can't figure out what's wrong. This is my second bad experience with a Sony product in less than a year. Life has enough frustrations without buying Sony!
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Summary: defective product...
Review: This DVD player gives Sony a bad name, and for a reason. My player began rejecting discs (the infamous "C13:00" error) after ~20 months, ... Surprise, surprise! So, it is easier to replace this piece of junk altogether, rather then to repair it. Guess who's not buying the next expensive gadget with a shiny "sony" slapped on it? That's right -- I'm not...
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Summary: It's been working for over two years now...
Review: It's been working for over two years now and it's still running great. This DVD player will play audio CDs, DVDs, video CDs, burned CD and VCDs, but only on CD-RW media. All the CD-R media (audio and video) I have tried have not worked.
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Summary: It quits working after a while!!!
Review: I got one as a gift in 1999 (back then it cost $399) and used it ever since, until it quit working. Several months ago I noticed that the player would reject a disc for no reason (either displaying "NO DISC" or "C 13:00", which meant the disc was dirty) Reinserting a disc would usually help. But it became worse and worse, and now the player accepts only one disc out of ten! Cleaning the lens was futile. Called, Sony customer service; since the unit is out of its one-year warranty, they will fix it only for a flat fee of $176. That's outrageous and very disappointing. They put a low-quality component into a DVD player that degraded over time, and then they charge you hundreds of dollars to replace it after the warranty has expired. At this point, I can get a decent (not Sony) DVD player for less then $176. But it pisses me off that a practically new piece of equipment has to be trashed. There you go, environment and the consumer culture. As a side-note, one of very first VCRs ever made by GE still is in my living room. Yes, it is very heavy, top-loading, mono, and remoteless -- but it still works! Sony, deserves to have no customers, because their ignorance lead them to believe that they were in charge, not customers.
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