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Product Reviews:
Sony DVP-CX777ES 400 Disc DVD - SACD(TM) - CD Changer - Silver |
Rating: 1 (out of 5)
Summary: WE HAVE 3 OF THESE - 2 OF THEM (SOFAR) HAVE PUT GASHES IN DISCS
Comments: We purchased 3 of these new, along with an Escient Fireball with the intent of using them to store TV-on-DVD discs, basically creating our own easy-access "home television network." We were really enjoying them, then trouble began...
I am the 3rd person here at Amazon to post a review citing this player putting gashes in discs. That said, since the Sony's regular and ES series share the same basic design, I would steer clear of ANY of Sony's changers. It is simply not worth risking damage to your DVD/CD collection...400 DVDs/CDs easily cost several times even the full retail price of1777ES.
For those of you who have had these for a while, if you are noticing that a disc is skipping or freezing, pull the disc out and look on the playing surface for either a cresent-shaped gash somewhere toward the middle of the disc, or a straight gash toward the outer edge of the disc. At least that's what we experienced before we discontinued using them. If you'd like a picture of what to look for, feel free to contact me.
Per the 777's instruction manual, we were even meticulous about removing burrs from any discs before loading them. Not great enough. What I suspect is happening is that when for whatever reason the 777 is having trouble loading a disc, it isn't stopping itself from clamping down on the disc and trying to spin it while it is still trying to load it. I believe it is the actual motor spindle that is cutting the discs. At least the cresent-shaped gashes are consistent with the arc-like path in which the discs are loaded from the carousel to the transport and back. The horrible vibrating/scraping noise I have heard coming from1of these also suggests the same.
This is sad, as our 777s have otherwise behaved OK. Having been relieved of the 777's '80s-style interface and convoluted remote by using the Fireball, 2 major complaints about this unit vanished. The picture quality is great, and the forward and reverse functions are nice and precise. Cosmetically, these are quite easy on the eyes. however at the cost of hacking up our DVD collection? No thanks. |
Rating: 1 (out of 5)
Summary: MY PLAYER ALSO GOUGES DISKS!! BEWARE!!
Comments: My player also gouges and scratched disks like crazy. There seems to be too little separation between disks, so a spinning disk will scratch the diks next to it. I have ruined quite a few disks before the problem became apparent. Now I only use e other slot, so for all purposes I really have a 200 disk changer (and a bunch of ruined disks, thanks Sony).
However great the playback capabilities are of this machine, it is no great if it scratches and destroys your disks. |
Rating: 1 (out of 5)
Summary: Does Not Read DVD Labels & Sony Could Care Less
Comments: Great idea, poor follow through, no support. After loading over 350 DVD's, only 20 or so lables/titles were actually read by the player. Calling Sony resulted in "the player can not load the title to some DVD's." A more accurate response would be "the player can load the title of a few DVD's." Sony was non-responsive and definitely had a care less attitude. Had we known this before purchasing the machine, we would not have wasted the money. The manual is poorly written, unclear and in small print - perhaps more to confuse the consumer, than to help.
In any event, if you do not mind loading all the titles to the 400 DVD's you will load, then this is an OK machine. Me, I have much better things to do and it is much easier to look up and load a disc than to try and guess what disc is in what slot. |
Rating: 1 (out of 5)
Summary: !!!!!!!!!!!! WARNING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comments: The rumors are true. I have just found alalmost all all 390 dvds in my player has been cut deeply with half moons. Some at the edge, some in the middle, and almost all multiple times. They have left actual curly plastic strips hanging off the dvd. I haven't tried to play them yet. Too scared of the heartbreak. I spent a lot of time collecting these. I have had 2 players for alalmost all a year. I have experienced all the complaints in previous posts from both players. Including power loss in the middle of a movie occasionally. Poor menu, difficult remote, and almost all disappointing is the incompetent disc explorer function. Escient is making a fortune off this defect. My second player is not gouging discs yet, however how long do I wait? How often do I inspect all 400 in it? If it destroys1at a time, how long before I discover the problem? I was in love from the beginning with the capacity and DTS capability. Now, I cannot believe these are not being recalled. Why hasn't a class action lawsuit begun? It will cost me over $4000 to replace these. |
Rating: 4 (out of 5)
Summary: My Thoughts After4Years
Comments: I purchased this unit at least4years ago (when it had a black case). I am happy with it -- it never fails to play a selected DVD or CD, and the picture/sound quality is great. Thr only drawback is Sony's "filing" system. It stinks. And it has lost data several times for no apparent reason, so I do not even use the filing feature anymore: Instead I developed a system using an MS Excel spreadsheet format to make2playlists, which I maintain on my PC, with printed copies near the Sony: The 1st Excel document is an alphabetized list by title, with the appropriate slot number in column #. The second Excel document is a numerical list by slot number, with the Title in Column 2, and comments (if any) in Column 3...Not a great way to maintain ething, however after I got it up and running, its been pretty easy to maintain it...Now that I am close to using all 400 slots, I am thinking of daisy-chaining another one. |
