Sony DVP-CX985V 400 Disc Progressive DVD / SACD Player
Sony botches yet another potential dream device...
OK, where to begin with this thing...  <br />Many people have complained about the menu.  Yes, it really is as bad as everyone says.  It's more or less useless.  I use a computer program called DVD Profiler to catalog my movies... it even allows a catalog number which I correspond to the disc number in my player, and then I print the list and voila, not only a convenient list of your movies but you can even make it into an attractive coffee table book, lol. <br /> <br />Now onto my biggest gripe of all.  This thing, after 6 months of use, is skipping on MOST of my DVDs.  Now I'll admit I have some copied DVDs thanks to my DVD burner, and they skip the worst, so I can't hold it against Sony if my copying skills are substandard.  The fact that the player is beginning to skip on COMMERCIAL DVDs, though?  Dust and scratch free DVDs?  Unacceptable.  It's always right around the 30-60 minute mark, too.  It's definitely a problem with the player.  I've always tried to be a big Sony fan, but their standards just keep sinking lower and lower.  Even my new Sony laptop is already having problems with the touchpad mouse.  If some other company offers a DVD player like this one, go for it.  Sony really dropped the ball on this one.