Harry72

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Price Paid:  $799.00 from smiths electrical

Summary:
Sorry but I got to say what a piece of junk, it would be the biggest waste of money I have ever spent. Mine has skipped since day one, brand new disc's skip cd's and dvd's. Lost count of the money I have wasted on hired movies that I cant watch... The carosel is very noisey and slow, you push the eject button and then wait and wait and wait push the button again and wait... oh you want to eject it realises! I've had this thing sent back under warrentee twice and they say its perfectly OK(they(sony aust)admit something is wrong now the warrentee has run out...). No mp3 well thats just weak for a whitegoods brand at this price. Cant use a real subwoofer near this thing it cant handle the vibrations(cement floor!). No shuffle between music disc's, you can only shuffle on 1 disc at a time(pointless). Supacheap's $50 DVD out performs it in every aspect.(execpt picture quality/connections) The remote chews batterys and has a very limited range, because the batterys are down... Also like most sony gear the buttons are too small and too close together, I have worker sized hands. Obviously not made for large framed male's hands!

Strengths:
Has none, other that lighting your wallet.

Weaknesses:
Skipping on brand new disc's No mp3s Slow reaction times Button layout on remote

Similar Products Used:
Supacheap $50 job

Price Paid:  $198.00 from Visions

Summary:
Very good DVD player.I have owned it for almost a year and never had any problems,scans very good,audio is nice sounding,disc changes are quick and fairly quiet.

Strengths:
great value,plays VCD's,smooth scanning

Weaknesses:
cannot play SVCD's

Similar Products Used:
DVPS7700,DVPNS500

Price Paid:  $185.00 from SoundTrack (Ultimate

Summary:
I am writing about the DVP-NC615B. I picked it up this past weekend and have been amazed. The digital coax output sends nothing but love to my Denon AVR-1802 receiver. I'm using S-Video direct out to a projector and it looks great. For speakers I've got the Bose Acoutimass 6 series. I watched Gladiator this weekend and it was incredible. I thought the sword swung right through my room!! The MP3 playback is great, too. The on-screen menu is acceptable and easy to navigate. I am quite pleased with the product overall.

Strengths:
Easy setup, great DVD playback, MP3 works good, quiet operation, 5 disk tray with the ability to switch disks while one is playing.

Weaknesses:
Don't know ... nothing yet!

Price Paid:  $236.00 from Best Buy

Summary:
This review is for the Sony DVP-NC650V which I would guess is the newer model of DVP-NC600B. It is a 5 DVD/CD/CDR/SACD Changer. I just love it. I unfortunately have not had a chance to play DVD'S until I upgrade my tv in the next week or two. I can play cd's tho using a fiber optics monster cable and just love it. Got this on sale, when I checked this baby out in Jan 2002 it went for 349.99, then it was 249.99.

Strengths:
5 DVD/CD/CDR/SACD/DVDR GREAT SOUND ON AUDIO

Weaknesses:
AS OF NOW NONE, HAVE NOT USED IT FOR DVD'S YET-HAVE HAD IT FOR A WEEK RIGHT NOW.

Similar Products Used:
NONE

Price Paid:  $180.00 from CircuitCity

Summary:
I've been playing all kinds of media on this player-- DVD, VCD, CD, CD-R and so far have no problem at all! The new "precision drive II' feature is specically designed to handle imperfect disks! And BNR will also reduce video skipping problems. It handles DVD video flawlessly. I connect it directly to TV via S-video. The audio is sent, via a digtial optical cable, to my Yamaha RX-V496 Receiver which decodes Dolby-Digital 5.1 and DTS -- try Eagles' "Hell Freeses Forever" DTS, it is Heaven! (you may want read reviews about this Receiver). I also tested its on board DAC against my Yamaha Receiver's DAC and , to my surprise, I found that SONY is better -- it has more accurate/cleaner mid range and smoother high's. I also have the same confusion like a reviewer here: the model is NC600B on the box but NC600 (without "B") on the player's faceplate. I guess this is NC600B model that listed on SONY's website since there is no NC600. I checked the GoodGuy's it is exactly the same situation.

Strengths:
in following order: (1) 5-disc convenience! (2) read VCD/CD-R (3) NOT sensitive to imperfect disks !!!!! (4) perfect Video (5) decent Audio (6) best value for $180 new! (7) super quiet operation.

Weaknesses:
remote should have buttons designated to Disk1, 2, 3, 4, 5, rather than simply 'skip' (otherwise well designed)

Similar Products Used:
no brand DVD player, Panasonic RV21