Sony DVP NS575P

52% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Improved readability of DVR-R/RW & +R/RW discs ; Layer change is almost instantaneous ; No chroma upsampling error in interlaced mode ; Precision Drive 3 is excellent at reading troublesome discs ; Separate black level settings for component and...

Fairly average deinterlacer; doesn't work well with poorly encoded material ; No optical digital output ; Takes longer to load a disc than last year's model (NS-325) ; Chroma upsampling error exists in progressive mode, but is hidden by a filter ;...

Plays nearly anything, according to the manual ; Very thin design ; Good menu design

Doesn't support playback of MPEG video files ; JPEG playback seems to assume 4:3 aspect, so if you have a slide show, it will be stretched. I haven't investigated this any further ; It's a little slow from turn on to playback

Looked and sounded fine until it died.

It died.

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Great picture, component video output, progressive scan

Small size could mean lack of quality/durability, a little pricey

Many great features, plays VCD's too, remote works Sony TV's, handles marginal discs well

Only has s-video and component outputs, some buttons on remote too sensitive, flimsy cabinet

Many great features, plays VCD's too, remote works Sony TV's, handles marginal discs well

Only has s-video and component outputs, some buttons on remote too sensitive, flimsy cabinet

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Units only built to last warranty period, then expire. And Sony offers no help.

Great Picture and Sound, Precision Drive 3, JPEG Playback

Hard to tell when it's on from display