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i was over at dvdtimes when i found all these problems peps had been having with ther Sony players!


Sony DVP-S325D
Disc All (Region )
Problem Last Night the top couple of inches of my screen started flickering. It would stop for a minute or so and then start again. This happened all the way through the film

Disc The Fifth Element (Region 2)
Problem Breaks up in Chapter 9

Disc Various (Region N/A)
Problem Random lip-sync issues

Disc Walt Disney`s Jungle Book (Region 2)
Problem Movie stops right at the beginning, player freezes after 19 seconds.

Sony DVP-S335D
Disc Ghost in the Shell (Region 2)
Problem Audio is delayed by a few tenths of a second. Extras work fine.

Disc Walt Disney`s Jungle Book (Region 2)
Problem Movie stops right at the beginning, player freezes after 19 seconds.

Sony DVP-S336D
Disc Walt Disney`s Jungle Book (Region 2)
Problem Movie stops right at the beginning, player freezes after 19 seconds.

Sony DVP-S525D
Disc The Fifth Element (Region 2)
Problem Breaks up in Chapter 9

Disc Various (Region N/A)
Problem Random lip-sync issues
Disc Walt Disney`s Jungle Book (Region 2)
Problem Movie stops right at the beginning, player freezes after 19 seconds.

Sony DVP-S535D
Disc Exorcist (Region )
Problem Artefacts continually throughout film and trailers. not in interview sections of special features

Disc Walt Disney`s Jungle Book (Region 2)
Problem Movie stops right at the beginning, player freezes after 19 seconds.

Sony DVP-S536D
Disc Walt Disney`s Jungle Book (Region 2)
Problem Movie stops right at the beginning, player freezes after 19 seconds.

Sony DVP-S7000
Disc The Birds®ion=1 (Region )
Problem Disc willl not play, player displays message \

Sony DVP-S715
Disc Crash (Region 2) (Region N/A)
Problem Defaults to French Soundtrack

Disc The Fifth Element (Region 2)
Problem Breaks up in Chapter 9

Disc US Marshals (Region 2)
Problem I couldn`t select 5.1 in English on mine,only French I think.Shame because the 5.1 track is far superia.

Disc US Marshals (Region N/A)
Problem Defaults to French sountrack

Sony DVP-S725D
Disc Heavy Metal (Region 2)
Problem In special Features/ Illustrations and Photos/2nd Point/ Captain Sternn the Player freezes. You have to eject the disc to go on.

Disc Terminator2 the ultimate ed (Region 1)
Problem Unable to access extended special edition-even with the 82997 tip!

Disc The Abyss Special Edition (Reg 1) (Region )
Problem Disc 2 (The Extras) would freeze when attempting to play any of the extras.

Disc The Fifth Element (Region 2)
Problem Breaks up in Chapter 9

Disc Various (Region N/A)
Problem Player sometimes takes 2 or 3 attempts to pick up the disc.

Disc Various (Region N/A)
Problem Random lip-sync issues

Disc Walt Disney`s Jungle Book (Region 2)
Problem Movie stops right at the beginning, player freezes after 19 seconds.

Sony DVP-S735D
Disc Hollow Man (Region 1)
Problem Inserting disc produces smug message thatthe disc will not play on `modified` Region 1 players. This is despite the fact that other Columbia Region 1 releases work fine as do all my other Region 1 discs (so far)

Disc Most discs (Region )
Problem When I select any feature on most discs the speakers pop. Happens also on Region 1 equivelent player (570D). Never happened at all on my Panasonic players so definatley not problem with disks.

Disc Thomas and friends (Peep peep party) (Region )
Problem After selecting any feature from the menu a loud noise blasts through the speakers for about 1 second.

Disc Walt Disney`s Jungle Book (Region 2)
Problem Movie stops right at the beginning, player freezes after 19 seconds.

Disc gladiator (Region 2)
Problem neither of the 2 discs work on my multi-region sony dvp s735d ... the message `operation is prohibited by disc` appears on screen over ropey sound and flickering visuals

Sony PlayStation 2
Disc Galaxy Quest (both versions) (Region 1)
Problem Disk begins skipping after Chapter#11 starts. Problem reduced if movie restarted at ch11 after a total power off.

Disc Princess Mononoke (Region 1)
Problem Disk begins skipping after Chapter#12 starts. Problem reduced if movie restarted at ch12 after a total power off.

May I ask what player you have?

You left out the Sony DAV S300, let me add it to your list - Bloody perfect, fantastic sound plays everything wiv no problem. Unlike my previous player the crap scam 2000 which had crap sound, crap picture and a crap firm selling it. After 3 different players I told scam not to bother with a 4th as I was getting a real dvd player and not a fisher price attempt.

This item was edited on Wednesday, 7th March 2001, 08:48

I`m not defending sony but.....

Ok the biggest (or one of the biggest) suppliers of dvd players in the world and you produced a big list .. well done.

Now take Scan (which I`m guessing you may have), a small uk company importing a beta product (hey guys just test version 99.99999 firmware for us and any problems will be sorted next week with version 999.999999999) and the posts on this site alone would be 4 or 5 times this size, Sony do make quality products - some have problems - most do not ( and no I don`t have a sony I have a cheapo eclipse from RS which I`m very happy with)..

So whats the point of listing the faults like that - unless you can help people why enjoytheir problems.

Now where the Bear?

can i just point out how hilarious that list is - that`s such a load of bollocks!

90% of those can be attributed to a DISC fault, otherwise they`d repeat with any disc, and on other players.

the guy who said "Problem Inserting disc produces smug message thatthe disc will not play on `modified` Region 1 players. This is despite the fact that other Columbia Region 1 releases work fine as do all my other Region 1 discs (so far)" deserves a round of applause for the most stupid "complaint" ever - ROFL!

well done mate, you bought a bad multi-mod that doesn`t support RCE - you twat. don`t blame sony for it.

So whats the point of listing the faults like that - unless you can help people why enjoytheir problems.

The point is that any one reading posts form sony owners may be given the impression that all sony products are perfect.

I was simply trying to point out that thay may be very good but not perfect. as some would have you think.

why an i saying this about the sony and no other brand?
because i have not heard owners of other brands say how perfect there brand of player is. All the other owners are humble and do admit imperfections, however they do say how good they think there players are also.

so if you think sony is perfect and i have upset you, wake up no brand is perfect. They all have problems.

and if your looking to buy a player get out and look at as many as you can, ask what is wrong with them as well as what is right.(if the answer to whats wrong is nothing they are perfect,the discount any thing that this person is saying to you, as there opion is misleading you.) Brand should not be the reasion to buy a product alone. What you need it to do, what is does do and how well it does it should be.

And for those that whish to know I own a Scan 2000 and of course this player is PERFECT! }:>)

as you all know.

This item was edited on Wednesday, 7th March 2001, 12:25

I think this illustrates that the DVD format and DVD players are a new technology and no player is perfect. DVD isn`t at the cutting edge - it`s the bleeding edge!

toy car owns a toy player scan 2000.

Dont blame Sony for dirty or faulty discs.

Scan owners motto is " we are a brotherhood we have all owned each others players at one time or another".


Sony products are of a quality that your noodle factory produced scans will never attain to, I would gues that at least 7 out of ten scans are faulty when they leave the factory, and the other three go wrong wihin 3 months.

Never read on the forums on any body having upto 3 different Sony machines replaced because of faults, same can`t be said of scan.

Me and my bro-inlaw are into are second year of trouble free Sony DVD ownership not a single problem with the machines at all.

By the time you lot have bought your scan, paid for all your expensive telephone calls, time lost from work waiting for replacments you could have bought a Sony ,Toshiba ,Pioneer, Hitachi, all good brand makes and had change to buy a load of films has well!

The latest posting on scan customer service are a disgrace!

the guy who said "Problem Inserting disc produces smug message thatthe disc will not play on `modified` Region 1 players. This is despite the fact that other Columbia Region 1 releases work fine as do all my other Region 1 discs (so far)" deserves a round of applause for the most stupid "complaint" ever - ROFL!

well done mate, you bought a bad multi-mod that doesn`t support RCE - you ****. don`t blame sony for it.

Well yes you can blame sony for it. If sony made the player work with discs without a mod, then this guy would not have a problem and the sony would be a step closer to being perfect.

This item was edited on Wednesday, 7th March 2001, 12:58

"well done mate, you bought a bad multi-mod that doesn`t support RCE - you twat. don`t blame sony for it."

Iain - any chance you could be civil - I think calling someone on here a twat is bang out of order.