Sony DVP-NS70H HDMI Single Disc DVD Player
Good pic, but too many bugs
Sony, the former leader in TV sales, has been financially devastated due to backing rear projection sets rather than flat panel and their market share has dropped through the floor. <br /> <br />And if they want to continue earning any respect in the DVD market, they'll have to start putting out DVD players that aren't full of bugs -- or, better yet, start with putting out a firmware updates for the ones that are, like the NS70H.  <br /> <br />To reiterate what others have said, the image *can* be very good, but there are black bands on the top and bottom of the screen when there should not be. There's really no excuse for this.   <br /> <br />Also, if you like to use the Zoom feature while watching certain titles to fill the screen, this unit has a bright blue Zoom icon that appears on the screen when the feature is utilized ... then it *never goes away,* unlike every other DVD player. So you can't really use the zoom feature without having an annoying icon on screen all the time. <br /> <br />Both defects have been acknowledged by Sony support, and both -- to the annoyance of many customers -- have been deemed \\"normal for this unit\\" ... as in \\"we're not going to fix it.\\"  <br /> <br />This attitude (compared to, say, Panasonic, which is constantly putting out firmware upgrades for its DVD players based on customer feedback) is really the worst part about the player -- not only is it buggy, but Sony refuses to admit, or fix, its mistakes