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Also, if there is the tiniest of scratches or smudge on the DVD, it will skip, stop, or simply not play it. On the bright side, the VCR works perfectly. One other major gripe, if the power shuts off for half of a second, you'll need to reset the time which is a pain in the butt. This is the first Sony product that I've ever owned that I was truely disappointed with. Its DVD player makes a high pitched whirring noise when playing, and stops frequently during chapter changes. I'm a Sony fan, but this one is a dud.
It worked fine until then. I would personally take it back before something happens. I pushed the eject button and nothing happened. I read the other reviews and I am not even going to bother calling Sony. Mine is in the trash.
What a waste. then smoke started coming out of the tray area. I went to place a DVD in the tray. I wanted people to know so they can be careful. I am going to report it to Consumer Report.
I pushed it again and waited. Be Careful.
Then like so many others here have stated, the DVD died. Today, its not so with their products. Worked great ever since. I still buy Panasonic more these days. They seem to be one of the last strongholds.
Think SONY would ever do this for the average consumer. Initially worked great. My guess it that it was made with inferior parts and built with cheap labor. Cheap Labor makes cheap quality. We tossed the SLV-D550P for a Panasonic VCR-DVD combo. You pay more for Panasonic but their stuff is more durable; still have several old appliances from them to this day. Only had one problem with the PROM that needed to be reflashed for the DVD.
Gave over the phone diagnostic and sent us the CD to reflash the unit; simple procedure. Called customer service and got excellent support. We have older SONY products like tape decks, stereos, radios, etc that were built like tanks and they are still working (30+ years). I bought this for my Dad since he still wanted the VCR option. Too bad. I'm handy with electronics so I opened it up and nothing looked bad. Hey SONY, this is what you get for outsourcing your manufacturing.
NO.
I guess you can't even trust a name that has a proven track record of quality products. I guess now I'm expected to be ghetto and buy a new DVD player and stack it on top of the broken one, so I still have a VCR player. Now, after what appears to be a standard 9 month life expectancy, every DVD I put in the player now results in the message "Error". Actually, the VCR player still works great. I know it will be more trouble than it's worth to try to fix it.
PLUS it stopped working after just 4 months. It even takes forever just to eject a disk. This player looked nice and had the name, but boy is it a piece of Junk. The DVD player takes forever to load a disk. I'll think many times before I buy a Sony product again.
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