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We bought this 2 years ago with minimal useage during that time. The player freezes during play. It's not the DVD's. It does it for everything. The battery life isn't great. The sound is very bad. You can barely hear it in an airplane. However, the features of being able to hook it up to larger TV's and use a remote control are awesome and it's replacement will certainly have those features.

I've gone through three of these players in the past two years. It seems like if it's not one thing it's something else. The first time the player would just freeze. I sent it in because it was under warranty; the replacement they sent had a defective battery. The third one's screen turns blue while playing videos. Don't buy it!

Save your money if you don't want to use the ear phone. The speakers on this fancy little portable dvd player are so poor that you can barely hear what is being played. I gave it 3 stars because I do love all the other neat features but if I had to do it again, I would not buy this.

The cable arrived deffective. It was a very cumbersome porcess to send it back. I had to pay for shipping. I believe that my credit shoould include shipping both ways. The company says they don't refund shipping at all, either way. I have asked for a refund of the shipping, but havn't heard yet. Meantime, there has been no refund at all. I'm not happy with the customer service at all. The whole thing has been a rediculous red tape nightmare.

I really enjoyed this unit. For a portable, the picture quality was reasonable. I always used headphones without complaint. About 1 year after buying it (and taking very good care of it), it would start to freeze. It always happens about 30-40 min after starting so I think it something overheating. Nevertheless, it won't last long enought to get through even a short movie. Not typical Sony quality. Very dissappointing.