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Summary: Product starts failing after 1 year (warranty period....)
Review: I would have given this review 0 stars if that rating had been available. I purchased this model to replace a 5 year old Sony cd changer. When I was looking for dvd players, I was hellbent on buying a sony because of the flawless performance my old changer had given me. I quickly found out that Sony's quality has apparently taken a severe backslide. As other reviewers have mentioned, my changer would power down after 1-20 minutes of playing music cds. This progressively got worse, extending to the dvd functions. The last straw was when it shut down twice during 1 movie. The DVD function was horrible, in the 16 months I owned it, I was not able to watch a single rented movie on it without it getting hung up. If you think you might want to purchase this DVD/CD changer, find a hammer, hit yourself on the head, then run the other direction!!! I am currently searching for a new DVD player & I assure you it will NOT be a Sony!
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Summary: Stay far away from this one!!!
Review: I would have given this review 0 stars if that rating had been available. I purchased this model to replace a 5 year old Sony cd changer. When I was looking for dvd players, I was hellbent on buying a sony because of the flawless performance my old changer had given me. I quickly found out that Sony's quality has apparently taken a severe backslide. As other reviewers have mentioned, my changer would power down after 1-20 minutes of playing music cds. This progressively got worse, extending to the dvd functions. The last straw was when it shut down twice during 1 movie. The DVD function was horrible, in the 16 months I owned it, I was not able to watch a single rented movie on it without it getting hung up. If you think you might want to purchase this DVD/CD changer, find a hammer, hit yourself on the head, then run the other direction!!! I am currently searching for a new DVD player & I assure you it will NOT be a Sony!
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Summary: Great DVD Experience
Review: I'm enthusiastic enough about this product to give it five stars, but I haven't really explored all of it's functionality, so I held back. I have used the unit thoroughly for DVD and CD playback, and am completely satisfied, but I'm not enhanced sound enabled, so I can't really review the player as it relates to surround or Dolby use. It does sound great on my archaic two speaker/tuner system. The unit was very easy to set up. Up and running in minutes, with a very intuitive interface. No real learning curve to overcome for basic playback use. Playback of DVD offers crisp picture and sound with no skipping, or frame loss. CD playback is great as well. Several great simulated surround audio options that sound pretty groovy, even without an actual hookup to a surround system. Remote is functional, but not overly-impressive. Allows for you to program it for use with one other device, presumably your television or sound system. Control functions for the secondary device are pretty limited. Power and volume, basically. I do wish the fast scan function offered more speeds, but you can still blow pretty rapidly back and forth through segments you wish to skip. Remote does have a great feature that allows you to skip forward or back to the next scene marker on the disc. Other units I'm familiar with only have buttons for this function on the unit itself, and not on the remote. The price point is a little higher than some other 5 disc changers I've seen on the market. However, I've had some bad experiences with lower priced units. I would say that the $50 - $60 extra bucks you might pay for this player will more than pay for itself in reliable, enjoyable use. If you're looking for an affordable unit for general use, I'd say buy with confidence.
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Summary: good performer ...
Review: Pros: quiet operarion;... Cons: remote controller should have disk switch button for each disks. I am using the Audio Digital output (optical) to feed in A/V Receiver. The sound problem reported by other users is NOT a problem here.
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Summary: still not sure...
Review: pros: sony quality, supposed to be the best at playing damaged discs, instant replay feature cons: no zoom button, doesnt play mp3s, remote is awkwardly laid out
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Summary: still not sure...
Review: pros: sony quality, supposed to be the best at playing damaged discs, instant replay feature cons: no zoom button, doesnt play mp3s, [bad]remote
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Summary: Worked fine for 19 months, then crashed.
Review: The disk changer drawer struggles to open and close. When it does open, and I insert a disk and close the drawer, it just spins the table and then opens the drawer again. There are no error messages displayed on the screen, and there are no loose disks stuck in the machine. I searched the net for any clues to this problem, and found nothing other than a tech bulletin referring to some "recall" corrections. The Sony Web site was useless. Purchased in May, 2002, and it is not a "high use" system. Enjoyed it until now, but I expect better reliability of this equip.
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Summary: Stops working after 2 years
Review: The player completely powers off during cd play. It's completely random, meaning it could play through a cd perfectly fine, and then the next time, shut off halfway through the cd. Theses cds are new and not scratched. Also, DVDs skip, even when no scratches exist. As other opinions state, I too have had good luck with Sony in the past which is why I purchased this model. I will probably have to toss this player(it would be immoral to sell it to someone else) and buy another non-Sony product.
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Summary: In for second repair
Review: The unit I bought began freezing and pausing during DVD and skipping during CD play after the 30 day trial period. I sent it back to Sony repair center and they tagged a different problem (jittery picture) which they claimed they fixed. When I got the unit back, the original problem was still there along with a new problem, jittery picture. While I await it's repairs once more, I have read several other reviews from Sound and Vision readers and Audio Review to see that my problem is not unique. Others have reported the same problems. There is some serious defects or flaws in this unit making me wish I never bought it. That said, I do like all the features if I can just get a unit that doesn't fail.
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Summary: Product starts failing after 1 year (warranty period....)
Review: There is nothing worse than a product that starts failing just after the 1 year warranty period. Problem is skipping and stopping in the middle of CD's and DVD's. I started happening only occasionally and I thought it might be dirty disks - but soon realized that it occured on new disks and worse - it starts happening more and more frequently. From all the other reviews I see that I am not alone and this must be a reliablity problem with at least this Sony DVD player. At this point, I am checking to see if there is anything I can do to fix this thing cheaply but most likely this 1 1/2 year old DVD player is heading to the dump.
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