Excellent Product | Sony DVP-NC85H/S HDMI/CD Progressive Scan 5-Disc DVD Changer, Silver

Quite Nice | Sony DVP-NC85H/S HDMI/CD Progressive Scan 5-Disc DVD Changer, Silver

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	• Sony DVP-NC85H/S HDMI/CD Progressive Scan 5-Disc DVD Changer, Silver Sony Sony average customer review:based on 40 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Awesome product!

If I needed more I would buy this one again and again! I will certainly recommend this one to family & friends.

Excellent Product

Great Product, very good design and meet all the specs for the price.

Quite Nice

My deciding factor?

My Sony TV remote controlled every feature of this player. I mean every feature. How many others manufacturers of remotes can say that.

Pro?

- Definitely price for this unit.
- Really good pictures on all outputs (i.e. composite, component, HDMI), very HDMI upconversion
- 5 disc changer. (Very nice feature for the ocassional Saturday and Sunday bed potato)
- Disc tray locking. (Perfect feature to ward off destructive children, won't stop a dirty outside, but will stop a dirty inside)

Con?

- Size. (This unit is very deep)
- Shuffle play only on current disc.
- Doesn't include an HDMI cable (all manufacturers should be including these cables now).

Other Thoughts?

The era of silver electronics is coming to a close for Sony and black is the new color. Personally, I had gotten used to the silver and preferred it over the black. For those of us loyal Sony customers, it appears for some time we'll have mixed color Sony components in our A/V centers, just like before.

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A great value!

I bought this as a last-minute replacement for a 6-year old Sony DVD player that finally died. I wasn't disappointed. Setup was super-easy (although if you still have a regular TV, the default settings are for 16:9). I'm using optical sound and S-Video, and the picture and sound quality are exactly what I expected - great. Again, Sony has not let us down. THe only reason I didn't give this 5 stars is because it takes a little while to cycle between discs.

This is my fourth Sony DVD player, and easily the best

The very first DVD player I bought was Sony's very first 5 Disc DVD changer back in 1998. It was an excellent player, but as the technology improved, it could no longer keep up. I upgraded to a single disc Sony which could handle DTS, and later to another single disc player which could handle progressive video. But I always missed the convenience of a 5 disc changer after having been spoiled by one at the start. At about one-third the price of that original DVD changer, this player has all the features of those previous upgrades and more while retaining the familiar functionality of my first player. It produces an excellent picture, has lots of tweakable settings, has more outputs, and is also very stylish looking.

I do have a couple of nits, though. My original DVD changer had buttons on the remote which allowed me to jump directly to whichever disc I wanted. With this one, I have to press a Disc Skip button to cycle through all the discs until I reach the one I want. The front of the player does have direct access buttons, though. I wish I still had my old remote control as I'm sure it would work with this unit to restore that remote functionality.

Second, the upscaling through HDMI produces a great image, but not really any better than leaving the image at 720x480p. In fact, upscaling will sometimes magnify some interlacing artifacts visible in the picture. It's also unfortunate that while connected through HDMI, progressive scan cannot be turned off. This shouldn't be an issue most of the time, but there are some video sources that might look better with it turned off. Progressive settings can only be changed on the unit itself and not through the remote, but they cannot be turned off when connected through HDMI.

One last thing about the HDMI connection. There can sometimes be a noticeable audio sync issue when using HDMI connections and digital TVs. This is not a problem with the player, but with the way HDMI is currently implemented. This player has an audio-sync adjustment feature which should compensate for the problem. However, the audio-sync adjustment doesn't work if the player is connected to a receiver via its optical digital outputs. Since I need to have mine connected this way in order to enjoy 5.1 sound, the audio-sync adjustment feature is useless here. And that's a shame. By the way, there should be no audio-sync issues if the player is connected via component, s-video, or composite outputs.

There's also a minor thing I've found about all my Sony DVD players that I haven't liked. They are unable to correctly display Time Remaining on certain discs, or more commonly on the special features (documentaries, etc.) on certain discs. I also have a cheapo Philips player which has no problems displaying Time Remaining on those things (even on the menu). It's an improvement I'd really like to see implemented on future players.

Now, despite the complaints I've listed above, don't get me wrong. This is still an excellent player and I really love it. I happily recommend it to anyone considering purchasing it. It really is a great value and it performs very well in most instances, and I feel it's the best DVD player I've ever owned. It's just not quite perfect. In all likelihood, it's also the last DVD player I'll ever own as I'll probably be buying a BluRay or other HD player in a couple of years when that format war is over. But this is a great player to hold me over until then.

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