Sony DVPCX995V 400-Disc DVD Mega Changer/Player (2009 Model)
A fine product
I appreciate all the reviews I read before I bought this product. Here is mine. I have only been using it for a couple weeks now, but I think it is a fine product. I have not experienced the problems others have posted. Yes, it is big - but 400 DVDs cannot violate the laws of physics! I guarantee you your DVDs will take up much less space in this unit than in the DVD rack. I'm not picky about the video/audio quality - component out looks great, so I'm not going to split hairs. It does take about 30 seconds to switch from one DVD to another - again, we're working with the laws of physics here! I suppose this can be made faster in the future, but it's still better than jumping up outta your compfortable seat to swap DVDs. Really, this is the only product like this available on the market right now. I know there are a couple others, but they are more expensive and this unit is fine for the money. Expect to connect a keyboard and do some typing - the unit tries to pick up the titles, but I guess most DVDs do not provide that info. It never lost the information for me yet. It does tend to be a bit complicated to figure out, but read the manual and you will be fine. I bought this unit because I realized that we would never watch any of our DVDs because we are too lazy to get up and pick out a DVD (DISH network DVRs have spoiled us). Having this unit is like having video on demand. I was skeptical at first, but I am happy with this unit. Also, I know there is a lot of complaints about the DVD resume upon power up. I kinda like the feature because I will watch a movie for a while, then hit the power button. The next time I sit down it will resume where I left off. I think the reason Sony did this is because the player is left holding the disc, and otherwise it would have to take 30 seconds to put the disc back, then another 30 seconds to pick it up again for those who want the resume feature. It's a no win situation for Sony, so they opted to leave the player holding the last disc until the operator orders the player to do something with it rather than make an assumption for him. You may want to plan on putting your discs in some sort of order up front, but I found the sort feature very helpful. You could just throw them in any old way and the sort feature will help you get to where you want to go - by title, or genre. I think it is a fine product.