Sony DVP-S330 DVD Player
Sony DVD DVP-330 and 360 dies young; dissapoints millions
Two stars:<br />One star because CD's will play in it just fine, every time.<br />(Cold comfort when what you paid for was a _DVD_ player)<br />A second star because the unit _will_ eventually play DVD's.<br />(NOTE:  the following tongue-in-cheek rant is based on actual experiences with the SONY DVP-360 model.  Sadly, these processes, in combination with random knocks to the case of the  player, will actually make it play a DVD.)<br />****************BEGIN QUOTE****************<br />* FLASH *  SONY ANNOUNCES MANUAL ADDENDUM FOR THIS MODEL<br />  Investigations into unreliability and problems with the DVP-330 and DVP-360 models of DVD players produced by Sony have revealed alomost universal media mis-handling on the part of end users.<br />  It would seem that the end users were playing DVD's by simply inserting the media into the media tray and closing it.<br />  Users are asked to use the following instructions instead.<br />NOTE:  If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.  Plan on starting thirty minutes to an hour _BEFORE_ you wish to view your movie, and your evening will be a pleasant one.<br />  1: Insert the media and close the door.  The disc will not be recognized at first, but this is a special SONY feature!<br />  2: Eject the disc and inspect it for scratches or fingerprints.  Finding none, re-insert the media and wait for the error message again.  This should take no more than thirty seconds at a time.  ( IF YOUR PLAYER TAKES LONGER THAN 1 MINUTE TO DISPLAY THE ERROR MESSAGE, THEN CONTACT SONY IMEMDIATELY FOR EXPENSIVE REPAIRS)<br />  Repeat steps 1 and 2 until the error message goes from &quot;NO DISC&quot; to &quot;C-00-13-00-00-00-00-00&quot;.  Shame on you for buying inferior, pre-smudged DVD's, but  you are getting close. The player has now officially recognized the media as DVD media.  You'll be enjoying your favorite summer blockbuster in about twenty more minutes.<br />  If more than thirty minutes have passed, you will need to &quot;warm-up&quot; the player with another disc.  There is obviously something wrong with the manufacturing of the disc you are trying to play.  _MAYBE_, just MAYBE, another will warm the player up and you'll be able to play this one afterwards.<br />If you're lucky.<br />  But, hey, we're SONY, so go screw yourself and buy another P.o.S player from us.  (It's cheaper than repairs (quote from Sony themselves)).  Why should we stand behind our consumer lines?<br />  Yours respectfully,<br />  Your pals at SONY<br />****************END QUOTE****************<br />C'mon, folks:  Is thirty minutes to an hour pleading with un-reliable, unsupported hardware such a big sacrifice to have the prestige SONY brand sticking outta your cabinet?<br />U N R E L I A B L E<br />Come to think of it, I take one of my stars _back_!<br />Thanks, Sony, for making my first DVD-Player purchase a screaming night-terror headache.with another disc.  There is obviously something wrong with the manufacturing of the disc you are trying to play.  _MAYBE_, just MAYBE, another will warm the player up and you'll be able to play this one afterwards.<br />If you're lucky.<br />  But, hey, we're SONY, so go screw yourself and buy another P.o.S player from us.  (It's cheaper than repairs (quote from Sony themselves)).  Why should we stand behind our consumer lines?<BR>                     Yours respectfully,<BR>                     Your pals at SONY<br />****************END QUOTE****************<br />C'mon, folks:  Is thirty minutes to an hour pleading with un-reliable, unsupported hardware such a big sacrifice to have the prestige SONY brand sticking outta your cabinet?<br />U N R E L I A B L E<br />Come to think of it, I take one of my stars _back_!<br />Thanks, Sony, for making my first DVD-Player purchase a screaming night-terror headache.