1. Posted: Aug 30 2008

   I received this player for Christmas '07 and as of today have been wondering how this product ever got the Sony name on it. It would have to speed up to be considered slow. It can take minutes to turn on, load, and very often the picture freezes and your left with the remote in hand pushing buttons with no results. I finally had enough last night when it froze and refused to eject a dvd. It now rest peacefully under horse manure in my dumpster. I will buy another Sony but will buy from a store with at least a 30 day return policy.

2. ( 4 of 6 found this review helpful ) Posted: Aug 7 2008

   Quick....buy this player and raise the frustration level of your movie viewing experience to previously unimaginable levels. This player is sooooo slow I actually age while movies are loading. About 25 percent of the time, the following day, when the movie finally does load, the player shuts off after you select "play movie". Several times while in the middle of films the player has just shut off. Knowing that by the time I actually get the movie loaded again and to the scene where I had left off I would no longer be in the intended age demographic of the studio, I have seen several films only half way through. This makes me seem very moronish around the water cooler. Honestly, I don't know how sony, which usually builds quality items, could consider this product ready for the market. In the interest of fairness, once you do get going the picture is excellent. I am running the player through a JVC HD-100 projector onto a 120 inch Stewart screen and have no complaints about image quality. Oh yeah, when you are finally finished with the large chunk of your life you have committed to the process you have to get the DVD out. Pushing the eject button requires you to summon all of your remaining patience to avoid throwing the thing out the window as it takes several minutes just for the tray to move. My theatre is on the first floor, but when I finally do throw this thing out the window I will carry it up to my third floor deck to increase my level of satisfaction.

3. ( 3 of 6 found this review helpful ) Posted: Aug 6 2008

   rating is for current price, gold box $299, its not worth it to me. sub $100 and i will give it serious consideration. also, the software is still too pricey. is someone in sony land getting the picture yet?

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