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Summary: Excellent. Plays all my discs reliably.
Review: After purchasing two other DVD players which either broke down or wouldn't play all my discs, the Sony was a refershing change. It works fine, the remote is easy to use, it plays every format I can throw at it, plus more importantly it ACTUALLY WORKS. My previous players, both cheap and not-so-cheap either wouldn't play even all commercial movie DVD's or broke down altogether. With this Sony I finally have one that works.
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Summary: Thin is in...
Review: I bought this over a year ago for $125 bucks from a local retailer. Obviously you can get it for less today. I chose it because I needed a second player for my bedroom TV. I decided on this model mainly because I liked the superior 12 bit/108MHz Video DAC, that it had both optical & coaxial digital outs, and of course progressive scan. I also really liked the design, how small/thin this is. It features 6 disc resume, CD-R/RW, MP3, and DVD -/+ playback. I would've rather had black over silver and I wish it had a digital clock but that's a minor issue. This model has always played my movies flawlessly and I've never had any problem w/ it. Set up was a breeze. The picture is crisp and the on-screen menu is easy to set up & adjust. One minor complaint, the front display has a mirror tint to it which kind of darkens the display a bit- the disc tray has the same, guess sony was going for a stealth look. The remote is good and well laid out, but I know it could be made smaller, ie: not as long. It fits my hand well though w/ the back finger groove. Overall, this is a great little DVD player at an affordable price. I'd recommend it.
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Summary: WARNING: Sony NS Series Uses Cheap Drives!
Review: I have had two Sony NS series players fail on me in a period of 12 months. After a few months, the drive starts to make grinding noises and will say "Cannot Play Disc" on disks that play just fine in my other DVD player and on my desktop and laptop computers. For awhile tapping the case a few times causes the player to work again, but once the grinding noises start, it's downhill until the player fails completely.Maybe Sony high-end players are more reliable (I wouldn't know) but the low-end players are a RIP-OFF. I hate to say this because I have been a loyal Sony customer for years, but after this second failure, I don't know if I'll ever buy Sony again...
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Summary: WARNING: Sony NS Series Uses Cheap Drives!
Review: I have had two Sony NS series players fail on me in a period of 12 months. After a few months, the drive starts to make grinding noises and will say "Cannot Play Disc" on disks that play just fine in my other DVD player and on my desktop and laptop computers. For awhile tapping the case a few times causes the player to work again, but once the grinding noises start, it's downhill until the player fails completely. Maybe Sony high-end players are more reliable (I wouldn't know) but the low-end players are a RIP-OFF. I hate to say this because I have been a loyal Sony customer for years, but after this second failure, I don't know if I'll ever buy Sony again...
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Summary: WARNING: Sony NS Series Uses Cheap Drives!
Review: I have had two Sony NS series players fail on me in a period of 12 months. After a few months, the drive starts to make grinding noises and will say "Cannot Play Disc" on disks that play just fine in my other DVD player and on my desktop and laptop computers. For awhile tapping the case a few times causes the player to work again, but once the grinding noises start, it's downhill until the player fails completely. Maybe Sony high-end players are more reliable (I wouldn't know) but the low-end players are a RIP-OFF. I hate to say this because I have been a loyal Sony customer for years, but after this second failure, I don't know if I'll ever buy Sony again...
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Summary: A Hungry DVD Player?
Review: I have two little girls who love to watch Disney/Pixar movies. After or last DVD player bit the dust, we purchased this Sony DVD player because it was reasonably priced and it had several good features. The problem is: IT EATS DISCS! At first I thought it was my fault or a fluke. Three movies later, we have a serious problem. I thought I was done with this kind of garbage when I got rid of my VCR! While a disc is playing, the movie stops/pauses after making some noise (a light clicking noise, barely noticable). After inspecting the dvd, there is now a scratch roughly as thick as a pencil eraser a quarter of the way around the disc. Just enough to ruin the entire disc. To make a long story short, SPEND YOUR MONEY ELSEWHERE!
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Summary: A Hungry DVD Player?
Review: I have two little girls who love to watch Disney/Pixar movies. After or last DVD player bit the dust, we purchased this Sony DVD player because it was reasonably priced and it had several good features. The problem is: IT EATS DISCS! At first I thought it was my fault or a fluke. Three movies later, we have a serious problem. I thought I was done with this kind of garbage when I got rid of my VCR! While a disc is playing, the movie stops/pauses after making some noise (a light clicking noise, barely noticable). After inspecting the dvd, there is now a scratch roughly as thick as a pencil eraser a quarter of the way around the disc. Just enough to ruin the entire disc. To make a long story short, SPEND YOUR MONEY ELSEWHERE!
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Summary: beware of sony's customer service
Review: It is difficult to determine product preformance as product never functioned well from the box. Purchased early as a christmas gift outside the 90 day warranty. What a surprise christmas day when we were unable to view new dvds. Sony would not exchange and now we are stuck with a $149.00 paper weight. Buyer beware, it's better to procrastinate than buy early.
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Summary: Solid player despite a couple poor reviews
Review: One thing about Amazon reviews is that the satisfied customers often do not take the time to review the product. I'm usually one of these people. On the other hand, when a customer receives a lemon, he'll almost certainly go online to warn others and to "stick it to" the manufacturer.
That being said, I really think this is a solid player. I've owned it for almost a year now, and it has not once failed me. It's reliable, has all the common outputs, and the picture and sound are great. It plays my DVDs and CDs without issue. In other words, it works exactly as advertised.
So, if you like the price and you like the features, then I would recommend this DVD player without hesitation.
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Summary: Sony DVP-NS725P CD/DVD Player
Review: PROS: Good sound and very good progressive scan output. CONS: None. Recently, my old high end DVD unit quit working. As a short term solution, I purchased the Sony DVP-NS725P player in order to have time to research and purchase another high end DVD unit. I was very pleasantly surprised of the picture quality of this Sony DVD player. The Sony progressive scan output works very well to display a lot of picture detail without aliasing: the progressive scan picture quality is amazing. Sony did a very good job here. I've owned the Sony DVD player for about two weeks now and everything that I have played on this unit so far looks wonderful. The Movie "Forrest Gump" plays incredible well on the Sony DVP-NS725P DVD Player. The Remote control buttons that I normally use are very good size (Power, Play, Stop, Pause, Left arrow, Right arrow, Up arrow, Down arrow and Enter). The other buttons that I don't use very often are smaller which is not a problem. The remote fits easily in my hand and works well without any problems. The first time that the Sony DVD player is turned ON, a Setup configuration screen is displayed and within a minute the owner can easily Setup the DVD player and start using the player. A partial list of the components used in the test:
Sony DVD Player Model DVP-NS725P
Monster Power AVS 2000 Automatic Voltage Stablizer
Monster Power HTS 2000 Power conditioner (Targeted for an upgrade soon)
MonsterVideo3 component cables
Mitsubishi 65 inch Platnium Plus Television Model WS-65857
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