Warranty on Blu Ray Players?! I just purchased this Blu Ray Player, and wanted to know if you need to purchase a warranty? I never purchased a warranty for my DVD player, and it lasted a long time. However, it seemed mandatory to need one for VCRs. Warranty on Blu Ray Players?! I just purchased this Blu Ray Player, and wanted to know if you need to purchase a warranty? I never purchased a warranty for my DVD player, and it lasted a long... » Read More Warranty on Blu Ray Players?! I just purchased this Blu Ray Player, and wanted to know if you need to purchase a warranty? I never purchased a warranty for my DVD player, and it lasted a long time. However, it seemed mandatory to need one for VCRs. « Show Less
203905
Better off to avoid models that have bad reputations like Samsung, What gets me is that they had problems with last years models, and are having the same complaints about this years models as well. It is ridiculous that they only offer a 90 day labor warranty at this price point. The worst thing is it tarnishes the whole brand. Fortunately, Sammy TVs seem to work better than their Blu-Ray players - different software - different division I guess.
203906
guys Buying these devices on a visa is the only way to go. visa doubles the warranty on a product if it is bought in full on your card.
203907
Extended warranties are a huge rip-off and very profitable for the company(s) involved. Don't buy extended warranties for ANYTHING.
203908
I purchased an extended warranty on my Sony BD player. It is 18 months old and has completely died. I purchased it at Circuit City which is of course now defunct. I have been trying to deal with the warranty company that took over from CC - and it has been a nightmare.I will never purchase an extended warranty on a BD player again!
203909
Don't do it! Not for what Pana$onic want$!If yours doesn't last much longer than a year so what.Next year's model will be better and possibly cheaper!Tape drives had to be cleaned and had a lot of moving parts that wore out.Like your DVD, Blu-ray players have few things to go bad.
203910
I have to disagree. In general I think warranties are a good idea. The only time they are not is if the price of the product is already cheap. Some of the warranties on Amazon are actually good deals. I suppose it depends on the product, but I know Square Trade offers cheap warranties, and their service is good.
504075
I've had mine for about 2.5 years and it is working flawlessly. This is, by far, the best Bluray/DVD player that I have ever owned - 2nd best would be my Oppo BDP-83. FYI, I have not loaded the latest firmware because I want to retain ISO file playback capability. These are exceptionally good players, I highly recommend them.-RW-
743639
I forgot I posted this. We noticed that it is significantly less loud when playing a dvd vs a blu ray. Trying to decide if we should return it and get a different one or not. So if anyone has this please let me know is you BR player loud?
852209
I did purchase this DVD player a few months ago, used it twice and on the third attempt it ceased to operate. As I had it for a few months, saved the original box but had stupidly disposed of the receipt and rather than going through a lot of uneccesary changes threw the inoperable DVD player in the garbage. But to get your question answered properly, I would suggest that you ask someone who is electronically educated. Sorry, I could not help you.
277069
I wish I could help but I bought mine brand new on Amazon about a year and a half ago. The unit is a nice one and I have not had any problems with it. It plays all formats and getting a 5 or 6 dvd changer that also has HD upscaling is getting pretty hard to find.Realistically, I cannot see ANYONE selling a dvd player WITHOUT a remote since it is almost useless without it.
1663818
This is only a DVD player, not a blu-ray player. I've been using mine for 2+ years if I remember correctly and my child is not the most gentle in the world and everything still is working great.
939711
Sharp tells me that they have problems with Warner Bros discs and are working on new firmware to fix the problem. A Warner Bros marketing person in LA sent me a Harry Potter Blu-Ray to test, and it too was rejected as incompatible. The player handles old DVDs and those I make myself. But then we have you and others who've posted and tell me that Planet Earth is fine on their Aquos player. So maybe the problem is the unit. I'll eventually find out and let everyone know.
1662044
"do you have a warrantee with the dvd?" this is a portable DVD player, not a DVD ...
2157817
WTH!My HD DVD players will start at the point where you stop it.Of course since they don't make HD DVD any more because Sony cornered the market on High Definition DVD's we're stuck with their problematic Bluray disc players.And why can't they make a bluray that can also play a HD DVD?Anyway thanks for the feedback Knocker!
555577
I usually just put a regular DVD but will find out and let u know. Btw I bought this DVD player about 4 years ago and it still works great!! No complaints at all.
2231980
Typically, in the electronics world, players are backwards compatible. Since this is Blue Ray DVD technology, it should play the older DVD formats the came before. I'm not an expert on this, but I don't recall ever having a DVD (Blue Ray, HD, SD) or CD that would not play in this player.
275545
I purchased this item almost 2 years ago. At that time, it did come with a manual. Please be advised, I bought this for my son. This unit is on constantly unless he is at school. Unfortunatley, we started having problems less than a year after our purchase. If you are a very frequent user, you might consider upgrading to a little bit better unit. After this experience, I learned the Blu-Ray players are a little higher quality than the standard DVD players. Not trying to be negative. It was a good player, but not for someone that uses it as often as my son. Hope this helps!
440890
I have this same issue with an earlier model (BDP-S350). For me the problem began when my blu-ray player automatically updated its firmware last spring. Even blu-ray disks that played fine earlier stopped playing, although many of the new disks that I've tried work fine. Sony appears to be oblivious to this issue not providing any meaningful customer support. There are several possible solutions posted on the SONY website and on various discussion forums for other models (e.g, turn off the Internet access, clear the USB jump drive memory, unplug the unit from the AC power for a minute or two). None of them worked in my case. I finally gave up and bought a new Panasonic player; out of principle I persisted in trying to 'fix' my Sony blu-ray player for quite a while and eventually decided to pay a few buck to buy my way out of the aggravation). Bye, bye Sony products, hello Panasonic (They also burned me years ago for discontinuing support [e.g., driver updates] for one of their expensive Vaio computers.).
1184218
I bougt 2 three of these players over 3 years and none of them lasted longer than a year. I wrote to the company to have repairs done but they responded they could and would not. This 3 years ago and \I have not bought any more since.
124536
I already had an external blu-ray burner, so I use that. It is kind of a good thing. If you think about it, it is one less thing to break and require you to send it and get it repaired.
1374527
I've had this player for about six months with a few freezing issues, all with Netflix Blu-ray movies. I also tried the movies on my other Blu-ray players that also had issues at the same point or not starting at all. I have 3 other Sony Blu-ray players and a Samsung 5000 Blu-ray/HD-DVD player. I notified Netflix of the issue & I had them send me another copy of W. which played perfectly on all players so it had to be the disc. I find that I clean all Netflix movies before playing them because they tend to be so dirty. I love the picture quality on Blu-ray and the upconversion on DVD seems to be as good as my Toshiba HD-DVD XA2. I've had this player for about six months with a few freezing issues, all with Netflix Blu-ray movies. I also tried the movies on my other Blu-ray players that also had issues at the same point or not starting at all. I have 3 other Sony Blu-ray players and a Samsung 5000 Blu-ray/HD-DVD player. I notified Netflix of the issue & I had them send me another copy of W. which played perfectly on all players so it had to be the disc. I find that I clean all Netflix movies before playing them because they tend to be so dirty. I love the picture quality on Blu-ray and the upconversion on DVD seems... » Read More I've had this player for about six months with a few freezing issues, all with Netflix Blu-ray movies. I also tried the movies on my other Blu-ray players that also had issues at the same point or not starting at all. I have 3 other Sony Blu-ray players and a Samsung 5000 Blu-ray/HD-DVD player. I notified Netflix of the issue & I had them send me another copy of W. which played perfectly on all players so it had to be the disc. I find that I clean all Netflix movies before playing them because they tend to be so dirty. I love the picture quality on Blu-ray and the upconversion on DVD seems to be as good as my Toshiba HD-DVD XA2. « Show Less
80710
I've never bought a warranty that I was able to use. Warranties are a piece of mind comfort food but in reality, you'll never even get one bite. They'll always find a loop hole that says "oh, I'm sorry, had you only done this, you Would have been covered". And to use a warranty, you'll have to stay home from work while a tech comes out, time and time again. I always say, if a product is That good, you don't need a warranty. Just my 2 cents.