I bought this recently to replace an older 5 disc Sony model that I spent nearly 200 for just 2 years ago. Some changes I noticed include: they did remove the front panel menu navigation buttons, so make sure you don't break/lose your remote. Also gone is the cool 2 color front panel lights around disc buttons 1-5. One good thing though is that they made it shorter in height, thin is in. Never had a problem w/ my old one, Sony is among the leaders in reliability. I like the dot matrix display a lot- which features a 3 stage dimmer.

This model DVP-NC875V(Black) is a great value. I bought the black because it matches the rest of my AV gear, but it's also available in silver. I got mine from a local retailer for 123, new. The on-screen menu is clear and easy to use. The manual is also easy to understand and well written. Set up was painless, I had it out of the box and playing with-in minutes. The remote is sleek/thin, easy to use, tons of buttons, and fits my hand well w/ the... Read more

I bought this DVD changer so that I can play movies as well as mp3 audio cds. I have a Panasonic single disc DVD player which works fantastic except that it plays only one disk at a time. In my Panasonic player, I can memorize any position on all types of disk including DVDs, Audio CDs and MP3 CDs. In this player it only memorizes position when you hit the "Stop" button. In case of MP3 CDs it doesn't remember the position even after hitting the "Stop" button. Every time you play it starts from first track. You have to manually navigate to the track you played last to listen to the tracks after the last played track, if you don't do that you'd end up listening to the same 15-20 songs over and over. I have connected optical digital audio cable, so have no complaints as far as sound quality goes, it is as good as my Panasonic. The LCD panel display is feeble compared to even other Sony AV components. Also can't shuffle tracks across multiple disks. Other than these issue this is a good... Read more

I bought this unit to replace my old Pioneer DV-434(had loading tray issues). I didnt expect much of a difference from this unit because I figured that all units were pretty much the same. I was wrong. With the beefed up video and audio bits, it makes a huge difference. DVD's sound unreal, and the seperation and accuracy is unbelievable for such a cheap unit. Only downfall is the fact that it doesnt support CD text or ID3 tags from MP3's. This to me is more of a frill than a necessity. Also the display is a little lack-luster. The video output is also noticably cleaner. I like the option menu to tweak the picture to ones liking. You can also tweak the audio by selecting size of speakers, distance, and gain. Friendly remote as well. All in all for a $130 this DVD player packs a good punch.