Customer Reviews

Sony DVP-NC875V/S 5-Disc DVD/CD/SACD Changer, Silver

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This is a very good DVD player. But it has an additional feature which makes it very special: in addition to DVDs and regular CDs, it plays the new SACDs -- which are the finest sounding recordings currently available.

When conventional CDs became available they displaced LPs in the marketplace because of their small size and the fact that their sound did not degrade with the ticks and pops that even the best-maintained LPs eventually acquire. But, despite these advantages -- as well as significant improvements in CD sound over time with technological advances such as oversampling -- many connoisseurs maintained that CDs never achieved the warmth and high-frequency sweetness characteristic of top-grade audiophile LPs. Now that has changed. Super Audio CDs are superior in sound to the finest audiophile-quality LPs I've ever heard. Furthermore, even conventional CDs played on a SACD player sound better than they do on typical CD players. In fact, the best conventional CDs in my collection equal audiophile-quality LPs in sound when played on a SACD player and the new SACDs sound even better. If you're going to buy a DVD player, why not get one like which also plays not only regular CDs but the new terrific-sounding SACDs -- especially, when the price is so reasonable?

This is an excellent DVD player, the best of the five set-tops I've owned so far.

Several of the reviewers present incorrect information about the player's capabilities. First, it DOES support MP3 tags, my MP3 disks--and I make a lot of them--show the names of the tracks. One could wish for MORE of the text to be displayed, but if one enters the data properly, the track can info can easily be read. In any event, this is normally only an issue with classical tracks, where, e.g., one might have a track title such as "Concerti for Two Mandolins, Strings, Orchestra, RV231, Allegro." With rock, pop, jazz tracks this isn't really an issue. The player, unlike ever other one I've owned, allows tracks to be scanned which aren't being played.

Second, the player's front panel display easily read from a distance of of 8 to 10 feet.

The picture quality is stunning with the latest generation DVDs. The first seasons of HBO's "Deadwood" looks absolutely stunning. Since I make legal archive copies of all my DVDs (for obviously reasons!) I can positively affirm that it supports all available formats (except Panasonic's proprietary RAM naturally). It handles over half a dozen different brands of DVD R & RW with no problem. I can also confirm that it has little trouble with scratched and damaged disks (provided my five year hasn't done a number on them!). While not 5-year old proof--and even PC burners have trouble with that!--it does deliver from moderately degraded disks.

We can dismiss the old nonsense about LPs sounding "better" than LPs right here and now. This was never true. I've listened to LPs in pristine conditions on $1,000+ record players and even the lowest end CD-player is far superior to any LP/record player combination. Asserting the opposite is indulging in nostalgia to the point of brain damage. I'll trade the clarity and lack of analogue fuzz and distortion over the fictional "warmth" of LPs.

Red-Book CD playback is excellent. But where it really shines is with MP3s, especially with 320 kpbs (the highest quality MP3 possible). It also handles CBR and VBR MP3s. The sound is absolutely stunning, far superior to Red-Book cds, let alone the century-old, cranky, crackly, popping archaic LPs. This player with also display album covers if they're in jpeg form. And MPS shuffle absolute IS possible with this player. Again, READING the directions will save one grief AND embarassment.

Although the Amazon technical description claims this player is not "THX certified"--I'm watching "Return of the Jedi" as I write this--it plays the THX is brilliant clarity.

This player has so many functions that I have yet to play with all of them. The "Quick Set-up" allows one to get going almost immediately. But it will take you a good while to explore all its capabilities.

It also has one outstanding function I've not seen on any other set-top. Even though my surround sound receiver doesn't have a DTS decoder, this player allows me to hear DTS tracks any way. An excellent and completely unexpected bonus.

I have yet to try the SACD capability, largely because there is very little music in which I'm interested that has been ported to this format.

Bottom line: a great player, with great features at an excellent price point. Ignore the ridiculous complaints from some reviewers and definitely consider this set-top.

the needs of individuals vary, my main concern is always the sound quaility, in this case I was very pleased. I also appreciate this units ability to deal with less than perfect conditioned dvds. Having said that, I did find the unit sluggish in response time and missed the title read-out. Yet over-all I was satisfied.

Though the quality of picture & sound are very good, device is very very slow in changing disks or while reading the disk first-time. The front panel has a very poor readability and you need to go close to the device to read the letters. The remote control is only a 2-device controller (DVD and TV) which is a limitation. My Onkyo receiver's remote recognized this DVD player, but the dvd changer functionality is not working. Contacting Sony didn't help on this - they just seem to be proprietary in the remote interface.

More than watching movies, I bought this mostly to listen to mp3 songs on my receiver and this was a bad purchase. The ID3 tag is not at all supported, moreover the song name doesn't appear either on the front-panel or on the television. The most irritating thing that I didn't like this system is because there is no "shuffle" for mp3 songs and the system doesn't remember the last position for mp3 disks. Hence everytime I put the CD back, I listen to the exact same sequence of the songs. What kind of a bad software from Sony. This is a piece of garbage if you have a requirement of listening to audio on this.

Been using Sony DVP-NC875V/S player for about an year. Plays any kind of disc/format I throw at it. I have a 5 DVD netflix Membership and when the DVDs arrive I load em up in here and a Weekend full of movies without laoding and unloading discs.

My configuration consists of this player being connected to INFOCUS X2 Projector and SENNHEISER HD580 Headphones for a very good video and Audio experience.

Recommended.

I've owned this player for awhile and it has never caused me any problems of any kind. It produces great image and sound quality through my 6.1 DTS EX and Dolby ES System 6.1 or 5.1 which is the only Dolby I've found on DVDs so far.
I would recommend this DVD changer to my family or best friends.

Well, I bought this particular DVD player, and loved it for about...8 months. Then, it wouldn't recognize any disks that were placed in it. I brought it in for repair, figuring if its cheap, i'll just get it fixed, since I liked it. Turned out the "laser assembly" had failed, according to the technician. It would be more expensive to repair than to replace, so I tossed it, and bought a different model from Phillips

With ascd and dts capabilities and with my sourand sound system
this product makes you seem that you are realy their!