Sony - DVD Player - Black

I bought this DVD Player because my 12 year old dual-disc player that I won from an coin-op arcade stopped working. I didn't want to spend alot and this was the right price for a name brand item. There was another player that cost about $5-$10 less, but the box of that one didn't tell me what type of connectors were available. I needed the 3-RCA plug-in type as I don't have an HDTV or HDMI availability and the box for this player had a picture of the available plugs. I was buying an HDTV at the same time, but that replaced my computer monitor; my TV is an old analog with over-the-air connections (I don't have cable/dish). The set-up went very easy, but it took a bit to get used to the remote. It works fine but was a little different from what I was used to. I discovered something excellent with this player: It not only remembers where you left off, but it remembers from disc to disc. I was watching a show (play all) season and switched out to another disc of a different TV show in the middle of an episode. When I put the first disc back in it said "resume from last [stop]." I thought there must be something wrong, but I tried it and sure enough it continued from where I had left off on that disc. I've done this several times now, switching between several discs; and it always remembers where I left off on each one! Magnificent! I wasn't very impressed with the "progressive scan." It moves randomly along the disc as you search, but you can't watch the seconds in-between. I'm not saying this right, but I don't know the words. The progressive scan seems to skip through the disk faster than I want it to, and can't get it to only skip forward a few seconds - it has to skip/scan forward (or backward) a minute or more.

We were looking for a basic dvd player to connect to an old TV via RCA jacks. This item fit the bill. Seemed to have pretty good reviews, overall, and we had had good experiences with Sony products in the past so we purchased it. Set up was simple. Seemed to work ok initially, but as we tried to view more dvds we found that the player had trouble reading several discs. I could understand, maybe, the player having an issue with a disc from the library that's scuffed up a little. But it also has had trouble reading brand new, straight out of the package discs. Can't really predict when it will work or not. BTW: any disc this player had an issue with we also tried in our Samsung player for our other TV and that player played all discs perfectly, but it is a more expensive player. This player was bought 10/31/15. It sat in the box for a couple weeks before we set it up and now (12/04/15) it is past any return window. Really just a disappointment and a waste of money.

This unit is a basic, entry-level DVD/CD player. It does what it's supposed to do and is very simple to connect/set up. The unit is smaller than a "normal" player and really needs to be the top component as it's smaller than most cable boxes or satellite boxes. It does not have a display on the unit, and has only simple controls- play, eject, power, etc. Everything else is done from the remote. I use this in the shop to play CDs, connected to a vintage receiver, so it suits my needs. It would also be a good choice for children or those who just want to watch DVDs but may not be the player for more sophisticated home requirements. There are no Internet capabilities. The DVD picture is good. The only down side to the player is that it is slow to respond to commands from the remote or the unit controls, sometimes taking 4-5 seconds to begin after pressing play (after loading & reading the disc). The eject button is the same. Other buttons like pause are faster. I have seen other brands of inexpensive players that are similar in response. I did test it with a variety of DVDs and CDs with the same results.

I purchased the Sony blu-Ray last week when the price dropped $50.00 to complment my new Sony UHD TV. The first day I ran through the easy setup procedure and the blu-Ray worked flawlessly. The next day when I attempted to actually ply a disk I got a black screen. I replaced my hi speed HDMI cables with the ones I had used on the tv successfully, no luck. I cut the power to all my devices turned them back on and got only brief blue &yellow flashes on my black screen. Went and spoke to the sales folks at Best Buy, one said to exchange the blu-Ray, the senior guy said the problem was my Denon non 4K AVR that i had wired for audio only was the problem as it wasn’t compadable and couldn’d Handle all the new technology. I needed a new AVR. The third day after another plug/unplug hard start I got my home screen back. i played a disk and it worked flawlessly, great video & audio. Tried Pandora with great sound. I quit for the day on that note. I believe I have Problem blu-Ray I may have done something durn my wiring and than corrected it and I am keeping it, but that next black screen will prompt an immediate exchange!

For the first time, I am VERY unhappy with a Sony product. I purchased it just 7 months ago, and did not buy the extended warranty from Best Buy, as I have never had to use one for a Sony product , and I trusted it would work as it should. Any blame should be mine for assuming it would last, because it is a Sony. Initially, it worked perfectly, but recently, it freezes up, and stops working altogether. Beware of Sony's 1 year warranty; I called them, and they told me it is covered for parts, and _not_ labor in fixing it. In effect, it would cost as much as I paid for it, Plus shipping, to get it to function again. My gripe is not with Best Buy, but with Sony. For the price of around $40, one would expect a Sony DVD player to work, and not to become useless junk in 7 months. Buyer beware if you want this item to function for greater that 6 months.

After spending more than 20 minutes shopping around on multiple sites I decided to settle on this little baby right here. I thought, "Why not? The reviews are great, the price is perfect, and I don't need anything fancy, plus if I don't like it I'll take it back. Let me tell you, I picked a winner! This little DVD player was more than I expected because it fit perfectly in a small space, the connection to our Toshiba TV took 15 seconds (The connecting cables CAME WITH the player, keep in mind they are 2 1/2 foot cables), power on time was no more than 12 seconds, and finally the remote was usable at over 15 feet. The only thing I feel I should mention is that our TV is 46 inches and you must use the Red, Yellow and White connections, which is fine, but the picture is in the middle of the screen with about 6 inches of black around the edges. Does not affect the movie at all, but I know some people do not like that. I needed something for me and mom to simply watch our dvd's and nothing more, this player delivered that and fit our apartment perfectly. Would buy again and again and again.

Setup instructions were very confusing, because the illustration didn't look like the remote did and the simplified text gave almost no information. I struggled for several minutes to get to the setup screen. Once I completed the setup, I was able to see the video on my television, but could not get any sound. I tried for a long time afterwards to return to the setup screen, but had trouble navigating the remote. Nothing I tried could correct the problem and get sound. Many of the buttons on the remote control did nothing. I finally decided that I'm not going to waste any more time with the DVD player. It's going back. My aggravation is compounded by the fact that this was the second DVD player I bought. I couldn't use the first one because the only connection was an HDMI port, but the one HDMI port on my television is already consumed by my Comcast cable box.

If you literally just need to play DVDs on a TV, this will accomplish your goal. And pretty much nothing more. It ships with the old school composite cables (red yellow white) and achieves breathtaking VCR-level resolution as a result. The menus will remind you of late 80's-early 90's era VCRs. Mega block font, anyone? But, again, that's what this is supposed to be. This isn't trying to be fancy or offer a ton of features or compete with big Blu-Ray players. This is a DVD player, plain and simple. I would recommend this to a friend if he said, "Hey, I am looking for a DVD player that does literally nothing else, I don't need HD, I just want to play a DVD."