Sony DVP-NS775V DVD/CD/SACD Player
Fabulous Picture!  Flawed Player!
I really wanted to love this DVD player.  I am a big Sony fan and waited for this unit to come out due to complaints regarding the DVP725 (it's predecessor).  Once I got it home, I took it out of the box and hooked it up.  The resulting picture, once the setup was complete, just blew me away!  The progressive scan output on this unit through the component out just blew me away(repeated for emphasis) on my HDTV!  The picture rivalled that of units I'd seen costing hundreds more.  The features on the player are plentiful and useful.  Then came the problem!    3 of the first 10 movies I watched froze up during playback.  I noted the points on each DVD and tried them on four other players, including my older Sony, an XBox, and a newer Sony combo unit, and a portable.  None of the other units had any problem with any of the discs.  I took the player back and swapped it out for another.  This new unit, too, froze in the exact same spots.  I went back, again, to the retailer, and we tried 2 of the DVDs in their floor model.  It did the same thing in the exact same spots!  We tried the DVDs in several other demo models.  None had a problem with the DVDs, only the Sony!    Reluctantly, I swapped the unit out for another brand.  The picture on my new unit is quite good; however, not, in my opinion, as good as the Sony.  It, however, has not frozen once with the dozens of movies I've played through it.      With an extensive DVD collection, I was not about to risk a 30% freeze rate on my movies! (These were not scratched or old DVDs.  Two were new and one was only being watched for the second time!)    This is just, outright, a flawed product!  The three units that had the same problem had different manufacture dates.  IMHO, this is not a bad batch but a technical flaw.  I suggest that you steer clear of this unit and wait until Sony figures out how to do it right, especially since it only has a 90 day labor warranty and, if you don't run into a problem until after that 90 days is up, you're left with a $130 paper-weight!