Beware!!!

Although this product said that it resumed from last play point it dosen't if you switch the player off. I am usually careful and reasearch well before I buy products. On the sony website it said it resumed (with exactly the same information as my other sony player). It didn't do multi-disk resume but I didn't want this, just single (akin to the old VHS). It only resumes if you leave the set on and can play from last stop.
It automatically switches off after a certain amount of time so then you have to scan backwards to your last stop. I know this isn't a big thing and maybe I am being petty but that is the only thing I ask of dvd player and sony both on this site and other research I did said it would resume.
My other entry level sony dvd player did do this so it is not a question of the price.
I am not sending it back as apart from that it is a good player.
Just beware of the above point if you are going to buy it for that reason.

Hope this helps

Adele Steele

DOES THE JOB

Does exactly what it says on the tin, I bought this for my bedroom because I love the colour and I am more than happy with it. I haven't had any problems with it.

won't play blue ray disks now

i have had this model for just over a year now. it worked perfect till this week when the blue ray playback suddenly stopped. i done some research yesterday on the internet and found out that it is the firmware that is at fault as a lot of people are having similar problems with this model and similar sony models to this one.

compact, great quality, excellent value

I just wanted a simple compact DVD player at a reasonable price. This is perfect, fits my space nicely, good picture/sound quality and great value for money. I love it.

Smart and stylish Sony compact DVD player

This was exactly what I had been searching for to be used with a white lcd TV, on a shelf in my conservatory. It is neat, petite and unobtrusive, ridiculously easy to operate and gives a great sound and picture on the TV.
Delighted with the item!

Multi-region playback not reliable

I did notice that my Region 1 discs were played back in black and white after I connected my DVD player to my TV (which is a new model and NTSC-enabled). I was able to rectify this by changing the Display settings to RGB. However, when I later connected the DVD player to my TV through a freeview box, Region 1 discs were back to black and white mode. Haven't been able to find a way out.

The manual isn't very helpful at all, and Amazon's customer service has been almost non-existent, to say the least.

Built in fault

I purchased this a Sony DVD Recorder RDRGX-210 in June 2005. In January 2006 a fault occurred i.e. it would not accept disks and ejected them. A new laser was replaced under the warantee. In December the same year the same fault occurred this time they replaced the DVD Mech, but at a cost of £135. Now in February 2008 the same fault has occurred and the engineer's report is that it needs a new Mech at a cost of £137. This is obviously an inbuilt fault. The life of the Mech appears to be about ten months. Sony do not want to know. I now have to purchase a new DVD Recorder. It certainly won't be a Sony

Perfect match

This system was purchased to replace various components and to work with a Bravia TV. All works perfectly and the remote control almost totally replaces that of the TV (mute doesn't mute the TV sound when the theatre system is not on). Set-up time was around 30 minutes. Have also purchased the connector for ipod which the remote control drives perfectly. Sound quality is excellent.

Black and White TV lovers apply here

If you like black and white DVD's, you will love this DVD. Anything that is not strictly 100% UK region you will struggle to gain a colour picture. After days of research I finally chose whis DVD. What a waste of time that was. AVOID!!!

Fantastic! A brilliant tape deck and preview monitor

I've had this item for two months now. I bought it specifically to take the wear and tear (and hours) away from my HDV camera's tape drive and to provide a firewire output monitor. I could not be more happy with my purchase. The tape drive uses the same batteries as my HDR-FX1 camera, it has all the interfaces I could use plus HDMI and the screen quality is marvellous. It is like having a little studio with you.

I honestly can't find anything I don't like about this unit. The HDV 1080i output is marvellous via component or HDMI - full HD would have been nice, but as my camera only goes up to HDV, where would the benefit have been. I've used it as a tape drive to record projects from my editing system and I've been very impressed with the output. So impressed I've taken to carrying it with me to clients to show them rough cuts of their commissions - no worrying about power, sound or a DVD drive, this device covers all the bases and I can't recommend it to prosumer and indie film makers enough.

Very reliable Blu-ray, DVD & CD player

Had this player for nearly a year now. I'm very impressed with the blu-ray picture quality, had no problems playing the latest titles. Firmware upgrades can easily be burnt to a blank CD. I have previosuly owned an expenesive Denon DVD / SACD player and a similar Yamaha, both refused to play some shop bought BBC DVD's. My PC couldnt even play the Faulty Towers Disc, but I tried it in this Sony Blu-ray player and it played perfectly! The sound quality of the HD audio discs is also superb. I was less impressed with the menu & controls when it was used as a basic CD player but it played the discs well enough, I cant really complain at this price. A little slow to eject the disc when first switched on but that doesn't matter as it playes all the discs without jumping or freezing.

Well, it did power up at least.

Anyone from Sony reading this should be ashamed to have been involved with this product, it's total rubbish.

How this got out the factory door, I'll never know.

I bought this two months ago and almost from the get-go, it failed to live up to the badge. It was like spending the cash for a Rolls Royce and realising you'd been sold a Montego, so what's up with it?

In a word, everything.

First up, the Electonic Program Guide (EPG) is badly laid out and, when you flip to it, all the audio cuts out so you can't hear the program you're watching while browsing the EPG. Annoying.

Set up was easy enough, but other than that, it's a very poor buy. The time taken to switch between programs takes ages (2+ seconds) and it's tuner is not great compared to other Sony products used in the same location.

Flipping channels is slow and my unit used to freeze every so often, so you would have to factory default the unit and it would work for another 2 weeks.

All in all, it was the most expensive book end I have ever bought. Take everyone's advice and leave this one alone - it's a total dog.

Cheap, great name, looks nice, but sooooooooooooo slow...

The gist is that I needed to buy an additional bluray player and thought what better machine to buy than a Sony bluray player! I mean how can you go wrong with buying a player made by the very people behind bluray! The amazingly cheap price (under £155), brand new, not bad looking, and it was, as I had mentioned, made by Sony - the company behind PS3 of all machines!

But what went wrong? Well it all fell apart as soon as I had turned the machine on. Literally turning the damn thing and waiting for it to turn on actually took minutes as oppose to seconds with my PS3, my many standard dvd players, including my HD-dvd player! But I shrugged it off thinking that that was it. But little did realise that that was not it!

Waiting for the disc tray to open (after pressing the button), waiting for the player to actually load the movie (after pressing the button), waiting for the machine to actually play the movie (after pressing the button), waiting for any action to take place (after pressing the button) took minutes!

Okay your thinking that, 'its only minutes???' - but try waiting for your disc tray or your movie to actually play in 2-3 minutes after pushing the button to play it (remote control or the actual button on the machine!), and you'll know that that is literally a life-time in today's technological standards!

The bottom line is that if your willing to sacrifice speed for price, name and design then go ahead and purchase this little gem. But, if you are someone who does get impatient at times, who wants things to happen now, and who does not like having to wait around for things to load, then please do not buy this machine! You are better off paying a bit extra for a PS3 machine which is by far THE best affordable bluray player on the market!

fantastic quality

This home cinema system is absolutely fantastic! I got it a few months ago and I can't stop watching films as I just want to listen to the fantastic sound. You feel like you're actually in the scene within the film.
It is very easy to set up and once set up, you won't want to turn it off.
A highly recommended product, 5 stars.