Sony DVP-NS57P/S Progressive Scan DVD Player, Silver

An excellent, reliable DVD player for the price. It doesn't play video files (AVI, MPG, etc.), but that's fine with me. My needs are simple, and this player meets them. It handles DVD+/-R and DVD+R DL discs as well as commercially produced DVDs, and -- a great convenience -- when I shut it off partway through a movie, it returns to that point in the movie when I turn it back on.

I now own two of these players, both going strong.

I bought this in early January 2008. For the first 3 months it has been fine, but over the last month it has progressed from freezing infrequently to not being able to play any disc at all. Now when I place a disc in the player disc it loads for about 10 minutes and then I get a message that the disc is dirty, even if the disc is brand new and absolutely pristine. It's going directly into the trash bin.

We loved this DVD player--while it lasted. It was easy to use and the sound and picture quality were both good. But after three months of fairly light use, when we tried to play anything, we got a message saying "no disc". Nothing we did to fix the problem worked. Sony offered to send us a reburbished model, which would cost $35 plus shipping, which was almost as much as it cost to begin with. Essentially the player and Sony customer support was worthless. But before we just threw the DVD player away, we thought we'd try it one more time. This time the message kept saying "cannot play disc." The tray that holds the disc is plastic and feels flimsy, which is probably the problem. So after such a short time will have to buy a new DVD player. It certainly won't be another SONY.

Muy bueno, lo compré aqui en Ecuador y al precio que tiene es de una calidad excelente. Incluso no me da problemas con el audio, que era lo que tenia en mi anterior DVD Player. Vale la pena. Solamente un detalle, no es multiregion. Por eso no van las 5 estrellas

Purchased this player to replace an old one: after inserting a DVD and the image appeared, wherever there is high contrast there is an accompanying buzzing noise that cannot be eliminated. When the picture contrast is 'medium' or moderate, the buzz is not so apparent. I won't bother to return it because that would be more trouble than it is worth but will think twice when purchasing a second one for one of my other television locations.