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Sony DVP-CX995V DVD Player
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4.1 out of 5.0 stars 17 Ratings (9 Reviews)

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    Major Shortcoming

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Feb 26, 2006 | 17 out of 17 found this Sony DVP-CX995V review helpful

    Pros: Holds 400 Disc

    Cons: Can't Program DVDs

    I recently got this to house more of my ever expanding dvd collection. I already have a Sony 300 disc player and previously had a 200 disc for several years before it gave up the ghost. Both of them allowed you to program a playlist of dvd's but ...the the 995v doesn't. You can program a playlist of cd's but not dvd's - this is a really dumb thing to delete from a dvd carousel. I mean. who's going to use this thing primarily for cd's - you can get a cd only carousel much cheaper. Most people are going to use it exclusively for dvd's if they can fill it. Did they think they would promote less wear and tear on the unit by removing it's best feature? Anyway, I've already web chatted with a Sony rep and told them I definitely will not be purchasing another in the future unless I'm certain this playlist feature is part of the package. Read more Less

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    Great but not that great

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jul 18, 2006 | 5 out of 5 found this Sony DVP-CX995V review helpful

    Pros: Best way of indexing 400 DVDs

    Cons: slow access, painful interface

    I got mine shipped for $299. I think that's a very fair price for this machine. I wouldn't have paid more for it. For $299 and free shipping, this machine is a great value. The Sony came well packed. Instructions were clear, however, it came... with the cheapest cables money could not buy. Loading 400 DVDs is easy, open the main port and just start sliding them in. Once loaded, the machine needs to "LOAD" them and identify what you've loaded in it - music, videos, etc.... Now comes the painful part. Labeling and then filing them. The UI of the Sony player is like all home consumer products - they suck. The process is slow and tedious. However, it does work - just very slowly. With a PS/2 keyboard, it goes much faster. Sony should get a clue and know that no one owns a PS/2 keyboard - everyone has a USB these days!!!!! Sony needs a user interface that mirror the quality by Replay or TIVO. Put a USB port on it so the user can upload all that info quickly via a application that they run on their PC/Mac. It would be so much nicer if it did. Disk access as with any of these mega-changes is slow. It takes about 40 seconds to play a movie. Also, it keeps playing where it left off which is annoying. Read more Less

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    Good Product " If the Price is Right"

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jul 17, 2006 | 4 out of 4 found this Sony DVP-CX995V review helpful

    Pros: Excellent HDMI "Up-Conversion" SACD is outstanding! is

    Cons: Set-up is time consuming and difficult. Manual is poorly written.

    If you are not computer literate, do not buy this product! A solid understanding of audio and video is required to set-up and operate this product. Patience, will be your best attribute during set-up. If you are willing to spend 2 to 3 days programmi...ng,loading, and typing, you will be pleased with the results. Look for sales on this item. Paid $199 for mine, Reg.$399. For that price you can stand the aggravation. Read more Less

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    Slight improvement on the previous model.

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jul 10, 2006 | 2 out of 2 found this Sony DVP-CX995V review helpful

    Pros: Convenient access to 400 discs.

    Cons: SACD and HDMI are a problem for me...

    I recently purchased the Sony DVP-CX995V to replace our older DVP-CX985V. For us, the main differences between the two were the reasons for upgrading to the newer model; digital HDMI video output with upscaling of DVD movies to high-definition, the n...ew version of Sony's Disc Explorer, and 192kHz/24-bit audio D/A converter (the same specification as the DVP-CX777ES model) for SACD playback. The new Disc Explorer is faster, mainly because it does not display the jacket cover pictures for each disc in the main menu as did the previous versions. Other than that the two players are fairly similar. Video and digital audio quality is very good (I'm using an HDMI-DVI cable for the video and a high quality DH Labs D-75 coaxial cable for the digital audio). The player also plays back JPEG pictures and MP3 audio (burnt onto CD-R discs in this case). MP3 audio is output as 44.1 kHz PCM. The DVP-CX995V does not have any external control ports (such as Sony Control S or Control A1II). A few general points to note about previous and current Sony DVD/SACD changers: SACD (Super Audio Compact Disc) playback is analog output only. DVD-audio discs cannot be played. This model, like most others, cannot play the second side of a dual-sided DVD disc (the only model which did this was the now discontinued DVP-CX875P). The majority of DVD video discs do not have title information (which is displayed in the Disc Explorer menu). For this you will have to type in the information by attaching a keyboard to the player. This can be tedious if you have a large number of DVD movies, but it works very well. I have never experienced loosing the title information which I have entered. All of the SACD discs we own already have title information on the disc. For discs which do contain title information, the text cannot be edited. Actually, out of the four Sony DVD magachangers we have owned, I by far preferred the design of the DVP-CX875P to the other models. There are two problems I am experiencing with the DVP-CX995V: SACD playback. For reasons unknown, I experience random audio dropouts when listening to SACDs. I have over 30 titles, all of which are brand new, with no scratches/
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    fingerprints. The DVP-CX995V is installed on an isolation platform (using four isolation bearings for vibration dampening), is supplied with clean power (as is all of the other AV equipment), and is connected to my preamplifier using two high quality DH Labs analog interconnect cables with locking RCA connectors. I have tried cleaning the lens of the DVP-CX995V several times, but I still get random audio dropouts regardless of which SACD title I play... I have never experienced any problems with digital audio from the player. Also, I can't get SACD surround sound, as the analog inputs on my preamplifier are two channel (stereo) only. (5.1 surround output needs six inputs). I really wish Sony would get their act together and make digital output standard for all SACD playback. Currently a few of the ES receivers have iLink inputs for digital SACD playback, and only a few ES models of single disc players have iLink output. Having to use analog audio connections between components is far from ideal, and vastly limits the potential of this audio format. HDMI upscaling. The HDMI upscaling on my DVP-CX995V does not work, period. The reason why ? Because it is connected to a Sony high definition screen (PFM-42X1/B) using HDMI output from the player into a DVI input on the display. The player recognizes an HDMI connection, but will only output 640p. Even the Disk Explorer menu is displayed as 4:3 on a 16:9 screen (automatically switching between 16:9 and 4:3 for DVD movie playback does work). Calling Sony support didn't provide a solution. The thing that really worries me is that Sony are moving towards HDMI output on all of their consumer video products, and it is highly likely that they won't work with DVI either.     Read more Less

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    Very Frustrating - Loses Title Information

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Dec 16, 2006 | 1 out of 1 found this Sony DVP-CX995V review helpful

    Pros: 400 DVD/CDs in one place

    Cons: Keeps losing manually entered title information

    We purchased the Sony 400 DVD player in August 2005 and had no problems for several months. However, in early 2006 we lost all the title information we had manually entered. Essentially, the machine “reloaded” all the discs, wiping out all the info...rmation. We reentered the information a few times and it kept doing it. We called Sony and they suggested that our power wasn’t “clean” enough, so we purchased an expensive power conditioning unit, retyped all the information and had the problem again. We contacted Sony for a replacement unit. We had the same problem, and the unit was replaced a second time. With our third unit, we haven’t taken the time to reenter the information. Instead we are using printed spreadsheet to keep track of our CDs/DVDs. Sony says they have no record of anyone else experiencing this problem. It’s been very frustrating. Read more Less

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    Sony DVP-CX995V DVD Player

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Mar 1, 2007 | 1 out of 2 found this Sony DVP-CX995V review helpful

    Pros: Holds 400 Disc

    Cons: Can't Program DVDs

    I recently got this to house more of my ever expanding dvd collection. I already have a Sony 300 disc player and previously had a 200 disc for several years before it gave up the ghost. Both of them allowed you to program a playlist of dvd's but ...the the 995v doesn't. You can program a playlist of cd's but not dvd's - this is a really dumb thing to delete from a dvd carousel. I mean. who's going to use this thing primarily for cd's - you can get a cd only carousel much cheaper. Most people are going to use it exclusively for dvd's if they can fill it. Did they think they would promote less wear and tear on the unit by removing it's best feature? Anyway, I've already web chatted with a Sony rep and told them I definitely will not be purchasing another in the future unless I'm certain this playlist feature is part of the package. Read more Less

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    sony-cx995v

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Nov 26, 2009

    Pros: plays all my movies including dvd/dw etc.

    Cons: i am almost full

    Ive had mine for like 3 years now and am just now getting to 300 disk.With this model if u put in a dvd/rw most likely u will have to manualy label it but its easy.i am most satisfied it has froze every now and then but i think it was from jamming th...e signal or not cleaning it on a regular basis(i try to keep it clean)anyways i love my 995 i will be buying another one when this one is full.Its like watching satelite just pull up the menu and scroll thru the movies and click on the one u want to play and thats it no more loading dvd's in and out.Load it once enter it in the memory and thats it .The s-video is great and im fixin to get a hdtv so i cant wait to see the hdmi on this machine. Read more Less

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    my favorite christmas present

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Nov 24, 2009

    Pros: holds all my dvds

    Cons: hard to remove dvd's to clean

    my wife bought me one of these 2 years ago now its having problems it keeps skipping even when the disc is new and clean it keeps ereasing the first dics title ours is allmost full 399 so im not sure if i will buy the new model or not

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    Sony 400 Disc Player - Model for Next upgrade

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Feb 6, 2007

    Pros: Programmable Folders, Indexed System

    Cons: Not idiot proof, and a system for someone who is savvy

    I ordered my system from the basic premise of having a ton of DVD's that were from Series based shows, that I was tired of loading in and out of even my 5 disc changer when I wanted to watch marathon style on those boring weekends, and this was t...he perfect machine to accomplish that, cataloging the discs, and being able to call up one out of the 400 easily. It does have it's faults, which HOPEFULLY Sony will learn from, being the disc to disc programmability, and even multi disc play options except when playing music. Also, a USB interface would be nice, to d/l the directory, or edit the directory more easily than just a keyboard plug. Having a printout of the directory is always handier for friends than trying to page through the folder view. (Something I keep up to date, and a suggestion for anyone buying this unit.) It interfaces well with HDMI, and even S-Video, and A/V outputs, as I have used it with all these systems. Plus, I have enjoyed the 5.1 surround now immensely now that I have that from it's output. Set-up can be a bit lengthy at first, but I just moved, having to strip out all the discs, and place them all back in again, and reprogram the system, and the 255 discs took about 3 hours to load and program, but well worth the effort, as I can call up any disc now at the press of a button, and not be bothered with cases and the handling of the discs. Read more Less

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