Highest Quality And Performance In Another Sony Product
It should not come as a surprise to anyone that Sony produces a top of the line product. This player will track pretty much any DVD(of course, it is restricted to play only region one or region zero--region zero DVDs are DVDs that will play on any player from any country; this product will NOT play DVDs from regions other than one or zero!) or VHS tape you will ever come up with. Remember, I am talking about tracking, not overriding regional coding! This is a region one player. The image and sound are as good as it gets, and there are plenty of deluxe features. The remote is nicely designed, too, and it will also control some TVs if desired. There are only a few drawbacks I will mention. For one thing, this unit will not make a VHS copy of a DVD directly in the unit.(There are other brands that will do it, such as Daewoo, as long as the DVD is not copy protected.) This fact is only mentioned as a footnote in the manual. The only way to do it would require the use of another player, and the manual does explain how to do that(it helps to insert a video stabilizer in between the two units to prevent synchronization problems as often occurs with some DVDs that are copy-protected--but you should not violate any copyright laws). While the DVD player can certainly perform all the usual search functions(jumping directly to a specified point in a DVD) nowhere in the manual is it explained how to do a search!(It is done by accessing the display function and using the directional keys, similar to what is explained for other functions.) I was also surprised to find that RCA connecting cables were not supplied, but an RF cable connector was(the unit allows either or both connections). So, as long as you don't require direct transfers from DVD to VHS, this unit is highly recommended. Read more
