Sony DVP-NS975V Up-Scaling DVD/CD/SACD Player
Not blown away, but I can't complain.
First I will state, I have not encountered the problems people are reporting. My unit is fully functional after every day use (1-3 movies a day for the past 8 months). In addition to its everyday use I sometimes forget to turn it off or eject the disc almost every day, so it has sustained almost 24hr operation without flaw. <br /> <br />The video quality is excellent, I bought this player to go along with my 36\\" WEGA, sound is great, can't complain about quality, however, I haven't another player capable of comparison. I have used low end players, and they where pretty bad. I had bad experiences with the $100 range players as well. <br /> <br />I beleive this player is very expensive ($300 at the time of purchase) and as such I don't feel it is as \\"fast\\" as I would like. The response time to eject a disc is about 5 seconds. Also the player seems to suspend itself, in a \\"sleep\\" mode, so sometimes two eject attemps are nessisary. Perhaps this is what people are encountering when they are refering to the tray being stuck? I have never had to unlplug the unit or anything like that to eject the disc. <br /> <br />Considering the cost of the player, I do not beleive the interface to be very well constructed (on screen). It sort of reminds me of a cheap VCR interface. My 36\\" WEGA on the other hand has a nice GUI-like rendered interface. Looks, and feels expensive. <br /> <br />I do recommend this player to anyone interested in it, but I cannot recommend it above any other player.