I've had the 330 for about a month now and am very happy with my purchase. I bought it from a local dealer for $299. The picture is very clear. I haven't had any of the lip-sync problems even with the previously mentioned Ronin dvd. I have noticed a slight hesitation when switching layers. It's barely noticable and usually takes place between scenes so it doesn't take away anything from the movie experience. The remote is OK. I haven't used it much since the remote from my Pioneer Elite VSX-24TX control all of the major functions. Overall a great entry level machine.

I bought the Sony 330 when I returned my Pioneer 414 due to lip sync problems. So far I have not noticed any lip sync problems with the 330. It plays the disks I had a problem with on the 414 fine. And I am not as worried even if it does show up now and then because, unlike the Pioneer, the Sony will re-sync if paused momentarily and started again. The Pioneer would stay out of sync even if stopped and restarted.
The picture and audio look and sound the same to me on my 31" proscan. On my TV I can't tell if downconverted images (from 16x9) are less sharp than the 414. But others have reported this. I like the interface and menus much more than the Pioneer. Auto 5.1 tracks selection works most of the time which is cool. (certain disks don't allow this function). Some other pluses over the Pioneer: much smoother scanning (ff and rew); smoother layer changes, layer monitor, CD text, screen saver, stop memory, more usuable front panel, quieter.


I may exchange this player for the 530 so I can get component outputs for the future. But for now s-video out looks good.

Overall this unit is excellent. However on about 30% of the discs I have watched I've encountered the Lip Sync issue that owners of the 330, 530, and 550 have grown fond of. Despite calling Sony dozens of times (literally) I have yet to receive a satisfactory explanation. Thus despite otherwise excellent performance I am giving this unit 3 stars, and I feel like that is probably too generous.

I purchased this unit just over a week ago. I debated over and over in my mind about should I take a risk with the "Sony Lip-Synch" or with the Toshiba down conversion problem. Well, I decided to take a risk with Sony.
So far, I haven't seen any problems. There was one scene in Mission Impossible that I thought might be off. In my opinion, it was in the dubbing of the sound. Maybe I am just a bad lip reader. I watched part of a VHS tape last night and I thought I was seeing the same thing a time or two also.

This is my first DVD experience. The sound is great and the picture is great also. The picture is significantly better than my digital satellite. I really like the widescreen! You just see the move with the correct views. I wish my 32" TV was a little bigger. My viewing room isn't big, so maybe a 35 would have been big enough.

The CD sound is fine played through my Onkyo 656 Receiver/decoder.

The remote isn't great, but adding the ability to control the volume on a receiver was a very valuable addtion. Really that is all you need while watching a DVD!

I'm going to give it 5 stars. It is a great value at about $320.

I purchased the 330 about a week ago. I thought I got lucky and foundone with no problems. The first 4 or 5 dvd's played perfect but then
around the last part of "I still know what you did last summer" the lip-sync
problem started. Stopping and then resuming fixed the problem. The next 2 or
3 dvd's played perfect again. Then on "Hope Floats" I experienced audio
dropouts and lip-sync problems close to the ending. I let the disc play thinking if might correct itself but it never did, so I can't say if stopping and resuming would have corrected this problem. The next dvd was "Blade Runner" it played flawlessly until chapter 16 when it kept skipping back to chapter 9 every time (this probably is a disc problem)then later on the picture started to freeze and break-up and experienced pixelation problems. So far I have witnessed about every problem you could have with a dvd player with this unit. I believe this one is going back to Best Buy. I really don't know if I should exchange it for the same model and hope I get a good one or try another (maybe the panasonic 120). It's a shame because I really liked the picture quality and features of this unit.
After reading other reviews on dvd players here, it seems like they all have potential problems it just a matter of avoiding the lemons.

This is my first DVD player, but not my first DVD experience. My girlfriend had a DVD player before I did - I liked hers so much I bought my own. She has an RCA and not a Sony. You know, for as much crap that RCA gets, it's a REALLY nice DVD player. But, back to the Sony: I bought this unit because I got a pretty good deal on it and I absolutely love it. The picture and sound quality are fantanstic when hooked up to my Sony 835 DD/DTS receiver/amp and 32" Trinitron TV. I have seen the lip sync problem twice in about 30 or so movies, and to be quite honest, I don't see what the big deal is. Sure it is anoying having paid a lot of money for the unit to not work 100% correctly, but to me the lip sync thing isn't a big issue. All the other features of the player definitely make up for it. BTW, I talked to a tech. at the local Sony Service Center and he said there is a fix for the lip sync problem so I will probably be taking it in to have it "upgraded". For the money, this is simply a great player!

I purchased this unit and to my disappointment I noticed the lip sync problem on the first movie. This problem only shows itself when viewing the format modified to fit your television. I don't see it on the widescreen version ever. Other than that dts sound great and the picture is great. I have not yet decided to take it back, but probably will end up doing just that.

I have been using this dvd player for about 1 month and have been really giving it a workout(approx 70 hours). Maybe it's a coincidence but the only time I experienced lip-sync or drop out problems was on rented dvd's. I have purchasedabout 10 dvd's and haven't had one bit of trouble with them. The dvd's I have
rented, I would say 10% of them had problems. In some cases just cleaning them with a soft rag fixed the problem if they were not badly scratched. Maybe the
only real problem with this unit is that it overly sensitive to mis-handled disc's.(The rev. level of this unit is 1.8)

I have used this unit and the sound and video are good. Everything has worked and I have had no major problems (a nice change from the JVC 701 that locked up). I have noticed a 1/2 second pause when changing layers on DVD's. DTS works perfectly with this unit. To date I have not sceen the video sync problem but have not watched any of the movies known to have this problem. Over all this is a good unit for the price.

I bought a Sony s330 last weekend and so far all 5 movies that I have watched on it have had the lip sync problem. When I picked it up from the store I was a bit surprised at how light it was. Judging from the experience I have had so far Sony seems to have cheapened their product line. I also did not think the audio was very impressive. I will probably take it back and exchange it for a Denon 2500. I will pay more for the Denon but I guess sometimes you get what you pay for.......Shame on Sony for putting out such crap!!!!!
Rating: 1 out of 5 stars.