Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

My $59 Phillips DVD Player died with the second capacitor failure (lasted 6 years) - so I went to look at a new DVD player. When this Sony DVD Player finally got here on Friday, I hooked it up, checked it via putting in several DVD sand found the Widescreen was stretched. Since Sony has a picture menu, I was too new to even understand what went where. So I called Sony and slowly we found our way to a software bug. If you are on a Standard TV, Especially any Sony WEGA TV, the software will allow you to reset from 16/9 to 4/3 letterbox, but the image on the TV never changes. So we reset and tried again. It looks like the software won't reflect the change or a better way to say this, the screen is frozen in the stretched format - until I chose Enhanced 16/9 and turned it on an off. Then the 4/3 letterbox applied. Most buyers will have an HD TV - so you will not walk into this problem. One more point. If you have hooked your TV to your Stereo and your Standard TV turns on, but the sound is low, turn the Speakers on or off (then off if you use your stereo), then change Audio Out from Variable to Fixed. All of this took 2 days to figure out. Sony has an article on this audio problem, but does not reflect this above solution. So what do I think of the DVD Player? It looks great, very small. No LED to show time/chapter or even loading. All the controls are via the remote and on the TV. Use the Time/Text button to see all time and chapters. When I buy an HD TV, then the upscale 1080p will be a real plus. And it is $10 cheap than the Phillips DVD I bought before. So I think this a great buy at the price, Just be aware that if you hook it up to a standard TV, you may need the solutions listed above.