If you have SACD's then you really don't have any other choice than a SONY changer; however, if you only want a DVD Mega-changer, go look somewhere else. SONY had an opportunity to really nail this product line and blew it big time. It almost feels as if the builders have never actually used this thing. It uses SONY DVD components so you know it has a great picture and if you take advantage of the Progressive Scan interface and the optical audio you will find the performance well above average. But no one buys these changes as a DVD player, we buy them as storage and retrieval devices and that is exactly where this thing and all of the other SONY's fail.

Major failures with this product:

1. Mega Changers should boot or power on directly to the menu/folder, not take the time to load and launch the last move played.

2. The Remote is a disaster, buttons are too small and the ergonomics are among the worst ever.

3. The movies that are... Read more

How many still make DVD Changers? The number that seem to be decreasing instead of increasing, inspite the fact that everyone is building DVD collection like crazy!

The main reason I wanted 400+ Disc changer is so, I don't mess my DVDs with scratches taking them out of DVD cases all the time. Especially, my precious home videos! Also, I own over 400 movies on DVDs and using changers kept all my DVDs in prestine condition and that makes it easy for me to sell them fast when i try to get rid of them from my collection for better movies.

I bought this ES line of Sony changer because it was the only one avialable with Silver Finish and goes well with my all silver Home Theater setup. I also had the DVI output DVD player from Samsung and I thought the color reproduction of this Sony unit is amazing compared to Samsung and other non-progressive DVD players I owned before.

There are some drawbacks with user interface and how it starts off playing your last... Read more

11/28/2K4 I upgraded from a DVP-875P player and am very pleased with my purchase. There is a large improvment in picture quality over a standard Sony DVD player. This unit is also much quiter in its operation than my 875. You can barely hear it when its changing disks. I have had none of the problems that have been mentioned by previous reviewers. In fact the only thing that does seem to have taken a bit of a back slide is the delay between layers.There is a small pause when the unit switches layers. But that is a minor price to pay the excellent picture and sound this unit delivers. I have it connected to a Denon AVR-3805 and Toshiba 65H82 with a complete Infinity Alpha 6.1 speaker system.With this setup there is no need to go to the movie theater any more !!!

1/13/2K5 An update to my review on 11/28/2K4. My unit started shutting off for no apparent reason in the middle of watching a movie. After troubleshooting it was decided to replace the unit. When the new one... Read more