your thoughts on this DVD player

gibbonsl

thinking of gitting this player what do you think

I have had the worst luck with players

don't want to drop 400 for nothing don'tyouknow

http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_DisplayProductInformation-Start?ProductSKU=DVPCX995V&Dept=tvvideo&CategoryName=hav_DVD_DVDPlayers

A 400-Disc DVD/SA-CD/CD Mega Changer gives you the ability for CD's and movies with all the quality you have come to expect from Sony. The DVP-CX995V 400-disc DVD/Super-Audio CD (SA-CD) changer up-scales video to high definition (1080i/720p) resolution and transmits high quality audio through a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI™) technology 4 . With libraries of DVD movies, shows and concerts, music CDs and image CDs growing rapidly, the new changer is the perfect way for people to organize their entertainment life. The product features Sony's Precision Cinema Progressive™ circuitry, Dolby® Digital and DTS® 5.1 channel outputs and compatibility with DVD-RW/-R/+RW/+R1, MP32, JPEG3 , CD-RW/-R, VCD and SVCD playback. The new jukebox from Sony.

Enverex

"Your"

Seems a little excessive really. The only real thing that cought me there was the "400 disc changer" so unless you need it to hold 400 discs at once, I'd settle for a £40 one.

gibbonsl

spelling still gets me

yes the main reason is for the 400 disk setup

if someone can point me to a better one please do so

RichD

Enverex wrote:

"Your"

Seems a little excessive really. The only real thing that cought me there was the "400 disc changer" so unless you need it to hold 400 discs at once, I'd settle for a £40 one.

Ditto.

Do you really want to pay $400 to save yourself the effort of pressing an eject button and walking across your living room. And plus I don't have 400DVDs!

Try these.

5.1 surround sound systems
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/electronics/B00096J3GW/system-requirements/ref=ed_tec_dp_2_1/202-1717473-2470235
or,
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000A0BC3E/ref=br_lf_ce_0/202-1717473-2470235

or if you already have a 5.1 Surround Sound setup:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/electronics/B0009FJMJ6/system-requirements/ref=ed_tec_dp_2_1/202-1717473-2470235

or a DVD Recorder:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000AOAKY2/ref=br_lf_ce_4/202-1717473-2470235

Personally I would rather have a 5.1 home cinema system and a hundred notes in my pocket than not have to worry about getting up to change a disk. Besides the exercise would be good to work off all that Christmas Turkey!:)

GHoosdum

If the player is competent at the upscaling that it does, it may be worth the $400 regardless of the 400-disc changer capability.

Somebody may have posted a review of the unit over on avsforum.com
//edit:
Here is a thread about it over there.

RichD

Assuming you have a TV capable of providing a picture of that quality

gibbonsl

I think mine can do it

putting it off for awhile currently deployed

tcith

I am thinking of ripping all my DVD's to a NAS device them playing them with a multimedia computer - I already have more than 400 DVD's and if I add music on top of that and VCD's and other content I would be close to 1000 so NAS would be an expandible option for me, a device like this one would be too small for my needs.

The reason I am "lazy" to push the eject button is when you have this much material a catalogued database is much more effecient at finding what you want to play then searching a shelf going "I know this title is here somewhere"


Currently I am using a z500 High Def networked DVD player, but this will be retired to the bedroom and I will get a multimedia computer in the main living room which willbe DVD player, network file player, PVR and Digital TV tuner, just waiting on some info back on a Digital tuner/PVR card that is compatible with my cable TV provider