I have a similar model the DVP-S530D.. its picture is still great on my 32 inch trinitron. The player has the famed lip sync and power on problem, that sony had a class action lawsuit for. Last year i received a letter from sony about the law suit, and got a $40 check from sony because of it
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I bought it back in 1999 and was the second dvd player i owned. I had originally bought a JVC unit, but it had serious problems with some discs so i packed it up and returned it to best buy for credit (originally purchased from J & R
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I have the secret code that tells use how many hours on the CD and DVD lasers.. pretty cool. I have checked it in a long time, but surpisingly it wasnt that high. I wish the player would die so i could replace it, but its still working great.
I really love the sony s-link system. Everything powers up and goes to the currect input when i hit play on the remote or front panel button. Also i love how i have full menu control from the front panel. Sometimes i like to stand at the player and get it to the right option and hit play then sit down. The really dont make them like they used to!
On rare occasion when i do have the lip sync problem or recurrent audio drops, i just hit stop and play and its all fine. Navigation is quite fast for a 9 yr old player
Its never been hooked up to a high def tv, so i am sure it would look like crap if it was. But on a 480i tv it looks great.