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Sony DVP-S570D
Sony DVP-S570D
MSRP: $ 500.00

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Rating
Reviewed by:
Brian Sparks
(Audio Enthusiast)

Review Date
October 28, 2003

Overall Rating
 2 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

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Review 1 of 106

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
This is directly from SONY's on-line support. Sums up my bad feelings regarding this unit. "The following disc formats are supported by the Sony® DVD players. DVD Video Video CD Audio CD IMPORTANT: CDR, CDRW, DVDR, and DVDRW discs cannot be played on the DVD player. NOTE: The data portion of an enhanced audio CD is not supported."

Strengths:
What it plays, it plays well.

Weaknesses:
Only plays pre-recorded DVDs, pre-recorded Audio CDs and pre-recorded video CD's


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Rating
Reviewed by:
dan
(AudioPhile)

Review Date
August 18, 2003

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

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4.00 of 5, 4.00 votes

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Review 2 of 106

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
Just search google on "sony c:13:00" to see your fate if you purchase this player. It overheats and is underdesigned, and though at least thousands of people have issues with their Sony dvd players, Sony won't fix them. See, there's this little fuse, see, and it blows after a couple years. Sign of impending doom (where my player is now) is not being able to finish a movie without skipping and starting over.

Strengths:
people have posted DIY fixes on the web, avoiding Sony's $100 fee to fix the problem.

Weaknesses:
Usable life 1.5 to 3 years. Not enough for a $300 dvd player.


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Rating
Reviewed by:
studranger2
(Audio Enthusiast)

Review Date
March 16, 2003

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

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Review 3 of 106

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
lion must be in la la land to pay that price for a 3 yr old dvd player lololo--they saw you coming pal

Strengths:
got it far less than lion

Weaknesses:
none


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Reviewed by:
lion
(AudioPhile)

Review Date
March 14, 2003

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 3 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

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Review 4 of 106

Price Paid:  $499.00 from The Wiz

Summary:
I got it because it was the most expensive DVD player at the store. I thought that there has to be a reason. I later saw that this was very foolish. However, the sound quality is acceptable out of the multichannel outputs, I like playing cd's with it. The music sounds overall, detailed and pleasant. I read a few reviews that said it sold only because of looks. I don't know, even if it has a few flaws, I am still thoroughly satisfied with this DVD player. I saw it hidden under a shelf mounted on a "bracket." It hooked up to a Panasonic plasma tv. This was under one of the Lifestyle Bose system demos. They were using the DVP-S570D instead of using the Bose system itself. Maybe the Bose demo was broken. Or maybe they just liked the DVP-S570D.

Strengths:
sound quality is very nice, over 115dB out of the analogs, video quality is bright, crisp and clear, looks best on high definition tv's

Weaknesses:
No progressive scan, bad DVD rentals are a pain, occasionally has trouble scanning and switching tracks on some cd's, not all, it's the same ones every time, don't know why it singled these paticular ones out, and not the others and does not play cd-r's for my mixes, a little overpriced; it doesn't have enough for $600 msrp - I read one review that said Sony pulls msrp's out their ass, well it was true for this dvd player

Similar Products Used:
I looked at some pioneers, jvc's, and considered panasonics


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Reviewed by:
Michael
(Audio Enthusiast)

Review Date
February 21, 2003

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

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Review 5 of 106

Price Paid:  $300.00 from 2001 Audio Video

Summary:
Nice looking unit, about 8 months after purchase I started to get skipping and freezing, then c:13:00 errors, no disc errors. Initially I was returning the DVD's because I thought they were faulty. I now know its the player, but not in time before the warranty expired. I tried laser alignment and running with the cover off - no good. I've become quite expert at polishing the DVD's to a high gloss. I'm ready to junk it and call it a loss. What a waste of good green.

Strengths:
Plays CDs OK

Weaknesses:
Most DVDs jump, skip, freeze, don't play. Very frustrating.


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