I'm enthusiastic enough about this product to give it five stars, but I haven't really explored all of it's functionality, so I held back. I have used the unit thoroughly for DVD and CD playback, and am completely satisfied, but I'm not enhanced sound enabled, so I can't really review the player as it relates to surround or Dolby use. It does sound great on my archaic two speaker/tuner system.

The unit was very easy to set up. Up and running in minutes, with a very intuitive interface. No real learning curve to overcome for basic playback use. Playback of DVD offers crisp picture and sound with no skipping, or frame loss. CD playback is great as well. Several great simulated surround audio options that sound pretty groovy, even without an actual hookup to a surround system.

Remote is functional, but not overly-impressive. Allows for you to program it for use with one other device, presumably your television or sound system. Control functions for the secondary device... Read more

The unit I bought began freezing and pausing during DVD and skipping during CD play after the 30 day trial period. I sent it back to Sony repair center and they tagged a different problem (jittery picture) which they claimed they fixed. When I got the unit back, the original problem was still there along with a new problem, jittery picture. While I await it's repairs once more, I have read several other reviews from Sound and Vision readers and Audio Review to see that my problem is not unique. Others have reported the same problems. There is some serious defects or flaws in this unit making me wish I never bought it. That said, I do like all the features if I can just get a unit that doesn't fail.

This is an excellent product. I enjoyed using this DVD/CD player at home listening to music and watching movies. The 5.1 sound output is just clear and crisp. The only "drawback" if I may say so is that it comes with a not as good remote control where the buttons are somewhat hard to distinguish. Overall it is worth its price!