as above

Now displays the "C 13 00" Error or "No Disc" when disc inserted. Discs can also freeze and can jump chapters on playback. There seems to be many cases of this problem with Sony DVD players.

Great picture, features and sound quality as well as great looks

Very good sound and picture quality. All the analog audio/video outputs are available (including composite video) Both optical coaxial digital outputs are available. Big and well laid out remote, i love joggin'

Lacks 96khz digital output.

I think my equipment is a modified one, it can read DVDs from 1st,2nd and 6th regions. One of my friends has bought lots of DVD from China ( 0.75 USD for each ) however his DVD player could not read half of those DVDs and he gave them to me. And this babe can read those troublesome DVDs. I havent encountered any lipsync, grains, skipping etc. as long the media is OK. (only the DVDs from China) This product does not read all the CD-ROMs. (reads only the ones with bright-white surface, rejects gold,cyan,green,etc.). Due to the difference in DVD and old CD technologies, you shoulnt expect the same stereo performance from this player as your old Stereo CD player. ( I think this is natural because 48/96khz 24bit DA converter is used in DVD technology might not be as suitable to the old 44khz/16bit signal from old CDs as the old stereo players ) However, who cares, eventually this is not a CD player, this is a DVD player.

Great looks DVD-playback: picture and sound, internal DD & DTS decoding. CD-playback: digital out

DVD-playback: lip sync, pause when changing layers, no 24/96 digital output CD-playback: no definition, baaaad soundstage, bad transients, sounds cheap

After purchasing the unit I was very pleased with it, probably because it was the first I could play DVD's at home and my old CD-player (Harman-Kardon HD7500) was worn out. After a while I started listening to CD's again and I grew too be very disappointed about the CD quality. I choose the DVP-S725 mainly because of the excellent ratings in What Hifi? magazine, the silent mechanism and it's looks. I really forgot to audition it carefully. The bottom-line: great player for DVD's with fine DD and DTS decoding; CD playing 's on the other hand is REAL CRAPPY! I thought I better share this with you, beacuse I never read about this. Now I've even bought myself a MSB Link DACIII and although this is a great replacement, I'm still not satisfied.

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Harman Kardon HD7500 (way back)

Gorgeous picture, very good blacklevel, ample settings and tweaks. Two scarts of which one has RGB signal out. Goldplated cinch input. Video settings memory that holds 300 DVD''s.(nice)

The player is not region free. Ridiculous remote; could you possibly imagine a remote this large? Also, the button that sits centered in the jog ring is wobbly, making you "misfire" at times.

There I was, sitting up till late in the night surfing all the hifi review-sites for the best player for the money. After a week of intensive searching I came to the conclusion that it didn''t get much better than the S725. It even looks good on any conceivable oscilloscope test. I had my model chipped right away which added $120 to the purchase price, totalling $510. Without this I wouldn''t have bought the unit. There''s no other way to view your "other region" disks. Some reviewers mention the lipsync problem. I still have to come across a DVD that gives me this problem and I''ve viewed at least 130 movies. My value rating has to do with the bargain price I payed. My advice: Review every DVD player in this pricerange *first*.

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Sony CDP7-ESD.

Design, sound quality with CD-A, brilliant picture with DVD.

Display brightness only can be changed within SETUP. To do this, you must stop playing the disc.

Hi, I can say the DVD plays CD-RW but no CD-R. It looks amazing (sits top of my STR-DB 830), picture and sound quality is amazing. Lot of built-in features and connectors on back. I like the remote, the JOG button rulez! The player is a qulity, top range product.

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First DVD player.

The crystal clear picture and audio

That you can''t record from it on a VCR

Better say it short. Exceptional sound and picture.

Outstanding image quality.Good Features

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This Player is Piece of Art.Looks beautiful, and the image is a dream.It features lots of image Options, it has bookmarks,and you can even store still images from you favorite movie.
The remote is Nice, and the front panel is very easy to use and veri intuitive.Whem you listen to music you'll understand that this is a High End CD player.
You can use CD-R discs from the brand PRINCO or VIVASTAR to record your music and listen in this Player.

5 STAR!!!!

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picture quality, features, looks, price, sound...

...MY '725 only wants to be controlled via IR when it feels like it, no matter WHAT remote control is trying to control it!

Well, it's a Sony...Need I say more ;)

I brought a Sony STR-DE445 in September, and the quality of the sound from that was like, WOW!
I brought it cos I knew that one day I was gonna get DVD.

Two months later, I thought of getting the Sony 725 MultiRegion, enquired at Richer Sounds, and brought it a few days later.

it cost me GBP £349.95 and when I got it home, I connected it up via Digital Co-Axial to my Sony Digital A/V Control Center and then via COMPOSITE VIDEO to my 14" Matsui Portable TV!
Now, this TV doesnt even have SCART, and previously to this DVD player, the best picture I got was my PSX.
But when I watched a DVD on this...Even on the 14" TV the quality was unsurpassed!!!

Yesterday I brought a 21" Sony Trinitron HiBlack TV and connected it up via RGB SCART and by f*ck the picture KICKS ASS!!!

I now have a Sony STR-DE445 AV Reciever, a Sony CD Player, a Sony NiCAM VCR, a Sony Trinitron HiBlack, and a Sony
DVP-S725 Mutli-region DVD player!

The system is one BRILLIANT system, and it's all down to Sony!

But do you want to know the ONLY gripe (Other than the Remote occasionally working)???

IT DOESN'T PLAY CD-Rs!!!!! :( :( :(

that's why I still have a CD player - otherwise, I'd of sold that by now to free up a plug for a Tape Deck! ;)

Finally - BUY IT EVEN IF YOU CANT AFFORD IT! - I DID AND ITS GREEEEEEEEEAT!!!

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my mates Sony DAV-S300

PLAYS it all!! including CDR,CDRW.

NON!

In replay to all questions: Buy a scsi-controller a scsi-CD-rom and a SCSI-CD-writer and your ON.

I like the design.

Remote control is too big and ugly.

This DVD player is a pretty new addition to my home, but seem to have adjusted nicly in my living room. I need to buy me an extended "library" of DVD-films. =)