Excellent. Purchased this as a "back-up" for a Sony ...
352318
Excellent. Purchased this as a "back-up" for a Sony A-CD Player/Recorder which I purchased  circa 8 years ago. Checked all functions - perfect.
3088599
Connected via HDMI to a SONY TV, this device is perfect.  The automatic switching to the surround sound when powering on the TV is really nice. I also connected the subwoofer output to a SONY active subwoofer and all works as advertised. There are features that I have not exercised fully, but expect to as time goes on.  No manual comes with this unit -- only a fold-out that shows how to connect it to other devices.  I recommend downloading the user manual, storing it on a flash memory stick. and referring to it with any questions.  I needed it to understand how to use the feature rich remote control.
1801407
The LinkStation 2-Bay Enclosure is an excellent product - I had a couple of empty hard drives setting around that would never be used, so I slapped them in this, and Voila! back up drive.  I have it set up as a network drive for my household.  It is everything I expected it to be, and more.  You can elect to turn it on and off as needed, or set it to "Auto", where it will turn off if no computer is on, and will turn back on when a computer on the network turns on.  Very nice.

The software that comes with the drive is only so-so.  The Buffalo NAS software is fairly useless - it won't even acknowledge that there is a drive on the system.  the NovaBACKUP software is fairly cool - backs up your complete drive or just selected files; you can set up a "disaster recovery disk" in case of a crash; you can restore your entire system, or you can just restore files that are older than the ones on the back up.  You can completely overwrite the disk being restored, or restore to separate file.  The only catch is: it takes 25 - 26 hours to back up a 59Gb system, and more than that to restore.  (Yeah, I've had to restore my system.  First time something went wrong  - couldn't find the location where it had copied the backup file on my computer - and I stopped the second attempt after 15 hours because I needed to do some work.  It was easier to just use the Toshiba recovery which puts the original software on the computer, and then add what I needed.  I still have the back up, and will try a selective recovery when I have a few days when I don't need my computer.)

I will try the Backup program that Microsoft includes with Windows to see if it is at least a bit faster.  I cant imagine anything being slower.
1490764
I finally replaced my 6 year old XBR Sony TV when it took two days to fully recover picture operation from a long power outage and house temperature up to 88 degrees. I went with a lower level ( and $1k cheaper ) Sony R series 48" ( great picture, marginal sound ) and a Sony HT-XT1 sound "table" $225 - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IWQREOE?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00
Logic here is all flat screens will croak in 4 to 6 years so why replace more than the video monitor, and the super thin TV profiles don't allow room for decent sized nor front firing mid/high range speakers.

The HT-XT1 sounds better than the old XBR TV's side mount,forward facing speakers and woofer ( once I got the adjustments sorted out - default is a boom box - 3 places to adjust bass response). But still well short of my 45 year old analog, audiophile quality, discrete component stereo system. It is connected and I use it when the program sound source justifies it. I have yet to hear a synthetic electronic substitute for proper speaker placement that dosent create a lot phase distortion and, for me, hearing fatigue at high live volume levels. At normal volumes this system is A-OK and throws a good 2.1 sound field watching dvd and HD movies. It even messes with my dog - A good indicator of your systems fidelity with their higher than human hearing range.

Since this "all in one" sound unit is a bit wider than my TV pedestal ( for proper viewing height ) and the pedestal stand TV sits on it, I cut and painted a piece of 11/16" plywood with a center pivot locater bolt to set the system on. The plywood sits directly on the pedestal top rather than using a swivel plate to allow good coupling of the bass vibrations to the floor - works very well at this and keeps the bass tight instead of boomy and distorted.
With the down firing woofers in the box, don't expect this system to work at it's best if you have a flimsy flexable "tv stand" support to the floor.

UPDATE on the ARC (Audio Return Channel) function. At about 6 months on TV and this HT-XT1 ( 1/5/16 ) the HDMI/ARC control functions stopped working - the TV wouldn't switch the sound box inputs nor the sound box the TVs inputs. Did the normal cable swapping and reset at both ends to no avail.  Sony tech support knew less about what I have than I and I was informed in bad English that what had worked for 6 months was never supposed to work. I lived with manual switching of video and sound separately with each components remotes until 5/25/16 when "spontaneously" it all started working correctly again.  The only change was I turned off my furnace and house temperature dropped to 62 degree F the night before.  This makes me think there is a cold solder joint in either the sound bar or the TV.  The outtake here is if you have a similar issue, try chilling the suspected items and letting the change in temperature expansion "work" the connections inside. Maybe it will put it in remission. I have a lot of electronics repair experience and would not try to find the bad joint and modern circuit boards are very miniaturized and are wave soldered - my pencil soldering iron is too big and clumsy to repair it even if I could isolate the bad connection with freeze spray and may fry some temperature sensitive component.
4490096
Works like a charm! Don't buy a replacement from Sony - they'll rob you! :) No offense to Sony but they charged ridiculous prices for replacement accessories.
2226068
These work perfectly as a way to back-up data.  I am a photographer and like to keep multiple back-ups of my files, including a DVD back-up.  They work perfectly and were a great price.
2462647
Bought this for back up - item appears to be just fine.
3947472
Excellent; fast USB and easy to use. Great for storing those old files. I wouldn't leave it on all the time though as there is no cooling for the drive. Great for backing up to a bare SATA drive you may have.
821459
Wanted this as a handy take-along to make noise or news.
It does, and it does it very well.
Sound quality and volume are excellent - just don't look for window-shaking bass.
Good discrimination - locks on the stronger station cutting down on interference.
Analog tuning is not my favorite - have to guess when you're close to a station - but if the station you want is the stronger of two competing stations, it will win, If it isn't, you lose.
Handy size, fairly light weight, good performance for under 12 bucks and with the Sony name.  Good deal.
And I've never had a Sony fail - lost 'em, but never had one die except when the batteries did - easily fixed.
The only CON:  comes in a buyer-proof blister pack.  I had to give mine to a two-year old to get it open ...
3020257
Excellent for a refurb. Works as good as if it was a brand new system. Very minimal noticable wear and tear.
700177
Works great.  Good picture (I coupled it with the AUTO-VOX Dual Video Inputs 4.3" Auto Adjusting Brightness Car Rearview Mirror) and the pair work great.  The camera is adjustable up and down so I could dial in the picture to be just above my bumper.  This is my first after market backup camera but I am definitely impressed.
3537321
I purchased this back up drive because it was advertised as compatible with Windows XP.  (Don't laugh.)  Some portable HD's advertized on Amazon say they are XP compatible, but they aren't.  Others are, but require a difficult reformatting process.  Out of the box, I did a low level format of this drive to remove anything on it.  I plugged it into my Windows XP PC, and it was recognized immediately.  I backed up some test files and it worked perfectly without any argument.  I've gone on to use it as my monthly main system back up using Norton Ghost.  I now maintain 5 month rolling mirror images of my system on this drive, all without a hitch.  I recently experienced a malware infestation (given to me by a hacked download of CCleaners version 5.33.6162), and I had to re-image from a two month old back-up.  That also went well.
2707864
My wife recieved this as a gift with a 1gb sd card.  This works slick.  Plug this in, hook the usb port up, and bam download to the internal memory (64mb), or direct to the SD card.  This can play video (jpeg avi) and photos (jpeg) and MP3's (mp3 format only).  I loaded this down with our photos from my olympus camera, and away this went. I played with the settings after reading the book, and I have great little slide shows with or without music.  Now the picture display quality is a bit grainy, but what do you expect with new technology (320x234 pixel screen), but my camera is excellent, so it makes up for much of it.  Also, the unit does run a bit warm, so do not leave this on when you leave a place.  overal cost of around 60 bucks, not bad at all.  Check it out, update your office.

Here are some stats:

Model no: DPF56-2

Product: 5.6" LCD screen Digital Photo Frame with black or acrylic style

Resolution; 320x234 pixel

Memory Card formats: SD,xD, MMC,CF,Memory stick,Memory Stick pro, USB flash drives. (this can serve as a card reader too!!!!bonus)

File Format: JPEG, JPEG AVI, MP3

Features: Slide Show Mode (music and no music available)

  Multiple Transitional Styles

  Variable Speed for Slide Show

  Five Position Adjustable Stand

  Angle

USB ports: usb 1.1 (host0 and usb 2.0)

Power input: 100v-240v AC, 50-60hz

Output: 9V DC, 2A

Dimensions: 256x210x42mm

Cetification; CE/FCC/PSE(adapter)/SGS/RoHS

Internal memory: 64mb

Internal Speaker: 1x1W

Hope this is helpful, enjoy.
130907
Awesome.  I know it's not a politically correct term but I've been called a tech-tard.  The Sony is easy to hook up, easy to use.  Was compatible with our existing surround sound, blu-ray player, roku & Samsung tv.  I'm not knowledgeable on watts, amps and all the terminology, I just know that our surround sound rocks now and it's great to have all our electronics plugged into the Sony receiver and with the press of a button I can switch from the roku to the blu-ray and back to the tv.  If I can use this, anyone can.  The only down side -- there is no auxiliary plug so you can plug in your cell phone and play music.  My kids were bummed.
2237312
Excellent bargain replacement. I use it as a backup. It does not hold charge as long as the original but does the job perfectly for the price. Very pleased.
2442227
Love it.  Works great, sounds great.  Replaced a Sony which I ended up hating.  Recommend highly.
1551296
Excellent for film backups. Been using several months with no problems!