Panasonic DVD-CV50 5-Disc DVD Player
Great Changer/Player
This changer is really great at everything it does.  I hooked it up to our 27&quot; Sony using the S-Video connector and wired the sound into the Dolby amp and was off and running.  The hardest thing I had to do was manhandle the 100 lb TV part of the way out of the cabinet to hook it up.<br />The first thing I did was load it up with CDs and the sound was fantastic.  When it first loads up and reads in the disk the changer tray is a little noisey but after that it settles down and you can not hear the transport if you are more than about 3 feet away.<br />Dashed out the next day and rented a DVD movie and the picture and sound were magnificnent.  I had read all about the problems that Sony has had in the past with the lip synch problems and now with reading layered DVDs and was concerned about that.  The first thing the salesman told me was that for those very reasons he recommended the Panasonic unit and the big bonus is that it was cheaper than the either Sony or Pioneer DVD changers I had been considering.<br />I have read complaints both here and other sites from people downrating the unit because it would not play their CD-R disks.  Well guess what...that's right it doesn't and no where in the specifications does it say it will.  The owners manual also advises against attempting to play CD-R disks as well as a number of other formats.  <br />If you want an extremely solid performer with a great picture and sound, is very easy to set up and use, and only plays DVDs and CDs then this is the player for you. If you need all the bells and whistles then at least do your research and make sure that you buy a player that is advertised as performing those functions.