Sony DVPCX995V 400-Disc DVD Mega Changer/Player (2009 Model)
Sony DVPCX995V 400-Disc DVD and SACD comments
PROS:<br /><br />- you can hold lots of different discs on one place, and you do not need to put them in order - player has option to select and separate CDs and DVDs at different folders upon your preferences - pretty easy to set it up.<br /><br />- CD SACD and DVD quality is excellent. Signal to Noise ratio is exceptional too.<br /><br />CONS:<br /><br />- Software written to drive that unit is quite deficient. Way too many options hard to figure out what is what. You have to read the manual first to get the picture how and what to do.<br /><br />- as soon as you remove the disc to put it in another player, it forgets the title and all other information you put for the disc slot. It means you have to program it every time you remove the disc - no comments.<br /><br />- Sony did very silly thing removing the disc title scrolling feature from player small screen - you change the disc and the screen exhibits the disc name flawlessly. To be able to see what is the name of the disc you have to turn on and use the TV screen, because the local screen of the DVD/CD player misses that option. Older Sony 400 CD only player has that feature, and it is very convenient - you can use the player even without remote control.<br /><br />- Remote control is also messy to use, by the same reason. I use few buttons of it, and still do not know how to get fast to the disc I like without scrolling,<br /><br />- This player is SLOW to change discs, takes almost forever (in microseconds). If you expect fast shuttling the discs - it won't do it. Loading, initial reading and disc recognition is quite slow - expect 30-40 seconds per disc change.<br /><br />-It does automatically recognize CD discs and put their names in the menu, but it rarely recognize DVD discs - be ready to use a keyboard to enter information manually.<br /><br />In general, if you like to spend no more than $300 for such a changer you should buy it, you get what you pay for. It plays perfect, but is a pain to set it user friendly mode. Otherwise better buy $400-$600 changers from other companies. There is no free lunch as we all know. Regards, Angelbuy $400-$600 changers from other companies. There is no free lunch as we all know. Regards, Angel