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...The picture quality and the 5-disc changer are great. However, the sound is pathetic. I own a quality 54" big screen with great speakers, but I have to turn the volume up full blast just to hear CD music or the voice dialogue from a DVD. What a disappointment. It may work better with a 5.1 receiver, but I don't think I will keep it long enough to find out.

I purchased this DVD player, my first DVD player, because I was told it was really good and had been happy with my other Sony products. Boy was I disappointed. The picture quality was good, the sound was terrible and 7 months after I purchased it the carousel stopped working. I would put in a DVD and the machine would not register it was there. When I picked up the machine I could hear parts moving around in it. The sound was so terrible I would have to turn the volumn all the way up on my Sony TV just to barely hear the movie. When I called Sony about it they told me I would have to pay for all repairs. I traded it in for a less expensive single disk Sony DVD player. My new one works much better. Sony makes some good products. This one, however, was a bust.

This is an excellent product. I enjoyed using this DVD/CD player at home listening to music and watching movies. The 5.1 sound output is just clear and crisp. The only "drawback" if I may say so is that it comes with a not as good remote control where the buttons are somewhat hard to distinguish. Overall it is worth its price!

The unit I bought began freezing and pausing during DVD and skipping during CD play after the 30 day trial period. I sent it back to Sony repair center and they tagged a different problem (jittery picture) which they claimed they fixed. When I got the unit back, the original problem was still there along with a new problem, jittery picture. While I await it's repairs once more, I have read several other reviews from Sound and Vision readers and Audio Review to see that my problem is not unique. Others have reported the same problems. There is some serious defects or flaws in this unit making me wish I never bought it. That said, I do like all the features if I can just get a unit that doesn't fail.

I recently had to replace an older DVD player and found that this one has all the features I could want. This model does not have all of the fancy Pro-Logic effects that many models now have, but as long as you have a newer reciever, those options should already be available. No need to pay for something you don't need.