Sony DVP-S550D DVD Players
Sony DVP-S550D DVD Players
USER REVIEWS
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[Jul 03, 2003]
nowdog111
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
None
Weakness:
Limited lifetime. Expensive Worked for 2 years then I got the dreaded C 13:00 problem. Thought I could fix it like I did with my brother in law's S560D but after opening it up, I realized the S550D is completely different internally than the 560. Something about replacing a SMT capacitor which I am not qualified to do. I am writing this POS off and never buying Sony DVD players again. Similar Products Used: S560D, XP30 |
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[Jun 02, 2003]
cawgijoe
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Great picture. Super menu. Good looks. Good remote.
Weakness:
Original lip-sync issue which was fixed. This is a follow-up. I've owned this player now going on three years and except for the initial lip-sync problem that Sony fixed under warranty by upgrading the firmware, it's been absolutely wonderful. Great menu system. Good sound. Super picture. I can't complain. Similar Products Used: none |
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[Feb 24, 2003]
Marc Belsom
AudioPhile
Strength:
Awesome, awesome, awesome.
Weakness:
nada I don't know what you're all complianing about- maybe I got lucky, but my DVD is amazing. Not a single problem with mine that has been described with yours. I did get my player for free- It was $400; the guy at ABC gave it to me for 300 because I bought a TV; I sold my old DVD to a friend for 200; I got a free VCR with my TV purchase and sold that to another friend for 150= Free DVD player. Given the quality, I still would have paid the 300 for it. This player has been amazing and I'm recently finding that it plays DVD-R (Hello Blockbuster! Good bye Walmart!) Optical, composite, DVDR capable and hooked into a Yamaha elite series reciever- Good God I'm a happy boy. Similar Products Used: RCA (suck!) |
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[Nov 14, 2002]
kansas126
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Unit looks great and works well. Easy to use menus. Great picture.
Weakness:
Just the lip and voice not being in sync. Was a little expensive, but I think I bought the technology to early. I have had the player for about 3 years and noticed only ocasionally the lip voice problem. I do watch a ton of movies and when I notice it I just press stop and play again and its fixed. Maybe I so used to it now but I hardly notice it any more. Only wished I'd bought a five disk for my music listening. I haven't had any of the jumping around or pausing between chapters at all. Similar Products Used: None, this is my first unit. |
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[Sep 07, 2002]
Patrick Stojack
Casual Listener
Strength:
Nice menu This unit sucks, don't buy It. I am on my third in two years through warranty and the voices are never syncronized. |
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[Sep 05, 2002]
Michael D
Casual Listener
I bought my Sony DVD DVPS550D in September of 2000. In the last 4-5 months the DVD began skipping through movies, jumping from track to track and eventually indicating a C13:00 error code. I bought a DVD cleaner (Don't waste your money) and finally brought the DVD in to Circuit City where they are charging me $176.00 for a new laser pickup. I would have thought a "higher end" dvd player would last longer than 20 months with occasional use. Stay away from this model. |
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[Aug 05, 2002]
Stacey M
Casual Listener
I know of a NJ lawfirm that filed a class action for all the notorious problems with this player (junk). If you are interested in joining me, contact sm800@aol.com |
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[Aug 05, 2002]
Stacey M
Casual Listener
I know of a NJ lawfirm that filed a class action for all the notorious problems with this player (junk). If you are interested in joining me, contact sm800@aol.com |
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[May 07, 2002]
Nick Puntax
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
good picture, decent sound. Lightweight. Nice to look at.
Weakness:
lip sync problem, but easily fixed by pausing and unpausing the player. I have had this DVD player for 3 years. I have encountered the Lip Sync problem. But its pretty rare. I have over 120 movies and I have only seen that problem on maybe 10 of them. The picture is great. The dialog is a bit low at times. but that can be fixed with my receiver. I haven''t had any of the other problems other people who wrote reviews experienced. I guess im just lucky. But after having it for 3 years I dont think anything else will be going wrong with it. And if it does, there are always new dvd players to buy. I give it a 4. Similar Products Used: None. This was my 1st dvd player. : ) |
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[May 05, 2002]
Alex
AudioPhile
Strength:
Good picture, when it works.
Weakness:
frequent lip syncing, C13, no disc found errors. Picture also freezes up equently. I have had it for one week. I bought it from a friend. Now the only thing it will play is my cd’s. The thing is a piece of junk. I have been plagued with frequent lip-syncing, C13 and No disc found errors. Picture also freezes up quite frequently. The dialogue is low at times and the other sounds are loud then soft. Back to RCA! Similar Products Used: NONE/RCA Home Theather System. |