Customer Reviews
A piece of JUNK!!!! 
2006-01-20
I purchased this item a few months ago, it is now a very expensive paper weight. It doesn't read any DVDs I have and getting it repaired is not even an option. I'm not surprised to see that others have had a similar history with this product. I'm surprised AMAZON has not pulled this product from their offerings.
Lousy product, Lousy company 2005-12-06
I purchased a Sony portable DVD player this time last year. Big mistake. It stopped working shortly after the 90 day warranty and Sony would do nothing but let me pay them for a repair/exchange. So I paid for an exchange + Shipping. Then the replacement they sent (same model) would not even turn on. Then they offer to let me pay to send that one back too (months have transpired because they do not send a replacement until they have logged in and assessed the one you send back). Meanwhile, I still have nothing. Sony charge me $500 for a lemon product and will not stand behind it. I will never purchase a Sony product again.
Never worked at all 2005-07-18
I received one of these as a gift. Took it out of the box, the DVD played for like 5 seconds, then it switched over to the blue screen of death and said DVD error. So we took it back and got a new one. Same thing happened. We tried half a dozen DVDs, no luck. I have a friend who has a portable DVD player who paid about $300 less than this one and hers works great! Go figure!
Junk 2005-07-01
Used for approx. 50 hours over 5 months. Now constant freezing with any dvd or cd. It appears that this is a common problem with this unit. I can not recommend buying this player.
freeze thing 2005-06-04
I purchased this product from amazon.com on December 27th, 2004 & I received it in mid January. I have used it to watch a couple of DVDs a week. Starting last month it began to have a problem playing DVDs. It will not play any DVD past a few minutes - then it freezes. I'd suggest passing on this item since it seems to break after it is out of labor warranty. I can replace the unit for $33 with a factory refurbished unit or have mine repaired for $87.
Even though I had read about this problem on amazon.com, I assumed that maybe only a few units had this problem and that I would only be unlucky to have the same problem or that people had not been careful in their use of the DVD player. Either I'm just really unlucky or there is something wrong with the quality of this DVD player...My unit lasted only four months with careful use.
Great Player 
2007-11-23
I'm not sure what all the bad reviews are for this unit has lasted me for years and that's with an 11 year old playing it to death. I really do get tired of Sony haters filling up all the reviews with bad data.
I Love this machine! 
2007-06-21
I got this for Christmas 3 years ago and have been using it almost every day since them for over 2 hours. The sound quality is not so great in the car, but thats what headphones are for! Mine stopped working the other day though, I wish sony had a better support program though. If anyone knows how to stop the 'No Disc' error, please contact me at [...]
This DVD player is great, even if I got a few errors, but those are easily remedied. The only 2 problems are that there is not volume control on the remote and fast forward/slow buttons on the actual DVD player.
I recommend this DVD player for those who can take care of it and take it on trips, planes, and for universal use in the home environment.
Not worth the price of admission 2006-09-14
I got this item as a gift and it worked for only one DVD. When I tried to charge it up again later, the charge wouldn't take. I sent it back to Sony and two weeks later, was told that a new battery would cost $225 (and no, they wouldn't waiver on it despite the fact it was a gift and I had no receipt). I'm not going to waste any more time with Sony and will look elsewhere for a replacement. I hope Amazon yanks this product from their site.
Just stopped working 2006-09-06
I have had the player for approximately one year and hardly ever used it. I have played about 10 DVD's on it and when I got it out to use it the other day I started watching a movie and the screen all of a sudden froze. I tried to push fast forward, pause, and play and the player did nothing. I turned it off and back on and now all I get is No Disc or Disc Error on the screen. I believe the player should have been capable of playing at least a thousand DVD's before a failure. I kept the player in a case in my closet so it wasn't setting out in direct sunlight or anything. I am very disappointed in this product and have written Sony about it. I will have to wait and see how well they back the products they sell.
Pile of Garbage 2006-05-14
I've had this unit 10 months. Firstly, you can't use it without a battery, even if its connected the mains. What a joke. So my first battery wouldn't recharge, and Sony charged me $258 for a new battery. Half what I paid for the whole DVD.
That battery lasts 5 hours, and the system turns off. It won't recharge either. So today, they tell me my power adapter needs exchanging, and thats $158. I tell them to shove it, I'm never buying another piece of junk from this company ever again. I read they are struggling to prevent from going bankrupt. With this terrible service, I'll be happy if they never sell anything to anyone ever again.
