Got 200 DVD's? If not, don't bother.
Written: May 27 '00
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Pros: 200 discs, 5.1 Analogue out
Cons: 200 discs?! overpriced.
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| flindingo's Full Review: Sony DVP-CX850D Multi-disc DVD Player |
First of all, for this thing to be of any real value you'll need 200 DVD's, and one hell of a memory. I have a 6-disc CD player in my car, and I forget which disc is after number 2 all the time. Now I have no Idea how I would ever figure out 200 DVD's, or worse yet a mix of DVD's and CD's. I could imagine someone sitting with his kids, clicks the button to play "Dumbo" walks off, and "Boogie Nights" comes on. Point in case, it's an over kill.
But out of the Sony DVD players I've reviewed recently, this one does have one good feature. It does not have a DTS Decoder, however it does have 5.1 Analogue outputs. This means if you have a good Aiwa mini Home Theatre, you can plug it in and get great Surround Sound. The difference between 5.1 and regular 2 output Surround, is this. 2 output which is found on most players, especially Sony's (because their stereo systems only have Stereo inputs, mixes the surround sound rear, front and middle all into the right and left channels. This means the stereo has to find a way to separate them, and the quality is sub-par because 5 channels are muffled into 1. On a 5.1 System, there are 6 outputs, one for each speaker, (2 front, 2 rear, 1 middle) plus one for a Subwoofer. This means each speaker gets it's own direct signal, and the quality is fantastic! Aiwa's home theatre systems are very cheap and support this awesome 5.1 input (I have yet to find a Sony home theatre that does). Usually you'll have to purchase an actual Decoder and then a Receiver to pull this off.
If you are looking for great sound and picture, check out Panasonic's A320 and mix that with a Awia Home Theatre with 5.1 inputs. You'll get DTS Decoding, High quality Video, and Awesome Audio for about $1000.00 (Which is only $100 more than this DVD player which doesn't decode DTS, nor come with a separate Home theatre system).
The 530D does have cool features like the CD-Text, which can tell you what the name of the CD and song title (on compatible CD's) as you play them on the DVD player. The remote is easy to use, but has a few too many buttons (I guess you need them for 200 discs). I would pass this one up, unless you are really looking to put your 200 DVD titles somewhere, and you're great at memorization and organization.
Recommended:
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