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Summary: No problems. I love it.
Review: I bought a Sony 530 in 08/1999, and have had no lip-sync problems at all. The only problem I have noticed is that a disc is supposed to resume from the point you stopped when you push "stop" and the display says "resume." Mine does not do this consistently, and never seems to do it with CD, but perhaps this feature does not work with CD. Aside from that one baffling inconsistency, I love my 530. I have it hooked into a Yamaha Dolby Digital "ready" receiver, and find that the bass management controls in the Sony 530 are excellent for setting up my system. I have a full surround system using all Paradigm Monitor series speakers, and the sound from the 530 when used as a CD player is so clear that you can hear individual string plucks on guitar, and other details you don't often hear. The picture quality is so superior to VHS, that I can scarcely stand to watch VHS anymore. When it comes to video products, and particularly digital video, you can't beat Sony. Don't waste your money trying any other brands. You'll just wish you had bought Sony to begin with.
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Summary: Good for target practice!
Review: Bought mine in 1999 and it worked flawlessly for the first year, then BAM, movies would freeze in the middle of the movie or skip and jump to another chapter, usu. backwards. Even after air and regular cleaning as advised it still did it. Then it stopped reading DVD's. It would error and say "insert disc". Stupid me did not listen to other's complains about new Sony products nowadays and bought another Sony DVD player which did the same thing. All I can say is SOny is no longer what they once were. The quality is definitely gone! After all, their products are made in China now instead of Japan. Well as for this player, I took it with me on a shooting session as a target, and by God, this time it was flawless. Took every bullet into it and shattered into pieces. Now I have a smile on my face!
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Summary: Dying after 3.5 years
Review: Back in the summer of 1999, the Sony S530D managed to wiggle it's way into my home (without extended warranty). The lip sync problems began, I went to the forums, and was told that Sony had acknowledged the problem and that a firmware upgrade would fix it. Three months later I couldn't ignore the lip sync problem any longer and took it back to the fine people at Circuit City who had it fixed for me 2 weeks later. It has worked flawlessly ever since...until a few months ago. Some rented DVDs no longer played right. My wife and I would have to constantly rewind and fast forward through to try to finish the movie. The discs would be cleaned, but nothing. The player would be cleaned, performance seemed to improve, but nothing. New discs still worked fine. Then it happened. A few weeks ago, it rejected my son's brand new Winnie the Pooh DVD which worked in my DVD-Rom and my in-law's Sony player and "CYBER HOME!!!" player. Last night a movie was playing fine and then all of a sudden C 13 shows up. Multiple reinserting finally got it to work. This had happened a couple of times before. Cleaning the lens never worked. So I'm buying the Sony NS 315 from BB. There is a $... rebate on the BB web site. $... for hopefully another 3 years isn't bad.
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Summary: Sony is not the answer for your DVD player needs.
Review: Do not buy this Sony DVD product, or any other. The DVP-S560D problem is STILL unresolved, and this player seems to share most of that players problems.The hardware is defective - but worse, is the after-sale customer service and concern from Sony. They refuse to recognize the problems with these players - now numbering in the tens of thousands. Please do some research and find the petitions and class-action lawsuits online before you buy this, or any other, Sony product. Sony is a name that will no longer haunt my electronics cabinets. UPDATE: June 9, 2004: My Sony Home Theater amplifier died after 2 years of service over the weekend. The front channel became unreliable, and, finally, went out completely. I replaced the Sony DVD player with a Mitsubishi, and it's a fantastic performer. I replaced the Sony amp with a Yamaha theater amp. Paired together, they outperform the Sony pairing on EVERY level. I have convinced at least 50 people to NEVER buy a Sony product because of these experiences.
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