I bought mine 3 days ago, and for the price, i dont really need a record button or the manual.
It has to be one of the easiest machines i have ever plugged into the tv.
First I tested a movie and you can adust the picture quality for sharp or smooth, two settings and thats it. No gibberish do this that the other, all menu options are either you want it or don't you.
the pause, play ff and rew are nice and precise but the machine lets you know you are doing it by the sounds the motor makes but the pause as usual on a dvd is clearer than a glass of water.
Zoom has three settings and also pan around the pic in pause or play mode.
Playing an audio CD too was simple as cakes, you dont need your tv on to play a standard disc, just press open, load and press play. And if you have CD text or SACD then the text will be displayed on these.
BUT... heres is the worst thing about it, after playing a movie i had to re-adjust my centre speaker cos the audio was not loud enough on the CD, but with a bit of tamering with it, the audio with a DVD now matches the CD because of the built in DTS settings control. (nice one Sony)
If you have any other sony products in your collection then you know how long and thin the remote is, two tone gray with a tv power and volume button (!)
As for other features on the remote, the player has the basic play, rew, stop eject buttons only: you can select display chapter or title. surround settings. 4 setings(being a DTS player). angle potions. subtitles. L or R channel audio selection. picture mode, light dark med screen settings. time remaining etc.
some buttons at the bottom of the remote are: DISPLAY: it brings up the menu for the dvd player TOP MENU: DVD main screen MENU: another dvd menu RETURN:after you press stop you can press this to return you to the scene you were at.
Skipping through scenes is quiet and smooth, I didnt time it but you can chos eto have various forward skip options, from nice double speed to x3n speed.
All in all, its a dedicated CD/DVD player that looks so skinny, niomi campbell would turn green with envy cos its sooo thin!!!
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