Comments on: Sony BDP-CX960 400 Disc Blu-ray Disc / DVD MegaChanger http://bluraydiscplayersonline.com/sony-bdp-cx960-400-disc-blu-ray-disc-dvd-megachanger Your Online Source for the Best Blu Ray Disc Players. Videos, Discounts, Reviews. Thu, 17 May 2012 16:56:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Machael Foegelle http://bluraydiscplayersonline.com/sony-bdp-cx960-400-disc-blu-ray-disc-dvd-megachanger/comment-page-1#comment-449 Machael Foegelle Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:12:29 +0000 http://bluraydiscplayersonline.com/sony-bdp-cx960-400-disc-blu-ray-disc-dvd-megachanger#comment-449 Well, I should have tested with one disk before putting my entire library into this thing. I have three of the Sony 400 disk DVD changers, so I was excited to see them finally release a Blu-ray changer. I ordered mine immediately upon discovering it, received it, hooked it up to my component input HDTV and went through the setup process with no problems. Then I loaded up all my disks and tried playing the first one only to discover I had nothing but a black screen. I started by trying to reset to the lowest resolution (hold stop button for more than ten seconds) as described in the manual, with no luck. I then switched to NTSC video output only to discover a sideways scrolling mess that I could almost read if I tried hard enough. Trying to feed the same signal into another TV just gave a blue screen (no input). I went to the Sony website only to discover their tech support page doesn't even know this exists yet. I eventually managed to get to the reset menu and reset to factory defaults and no change. After an hour with the chat tech support (Did you try different cables? Different TV? Is your TV a Sony?) they finally decided the unit was defective and I should take it to a repair shop. Fat chance! Back it goes. Given the flaky Blu-ray copyright implementations I've seen, I suspect what really happened is that security on one of the disks made the thing disable the component output as "insecure" and that was that. You'd think Sony could get it right since it's their format, but I guess not. Back to my old single disk player. <br /> <br />As an update, after disconnecting everything last night and leaving the unit unplugged, I decided to try it on another TV today. The NTSC output worked fine, so I moved back to the original TV and tested -- still worked. Hooked everything back up to the component video and it worked fine. Adjusted to 1080i output and everything still worked. Started going through the menus and about 5 minutes after power-up the video went out again; same symptoms as last night. Looks like after just a few minutes of warm-up something is failing in the unit. Hopefully this is an isolated failure, but it doesn't bode well for the longevity of these players if they've used weak components for critical functions. Rating: 1 / 5 Well, I should have tested with one disk before putting my entire library into this thing. I have three of the Sony 400 disk DVD changers, so I was excited to see them finally release a Blu-ray changer. I ordered mine immediately upon discovering it, received it, hooked it up to my component input HDTV and went through the setup process with no problems. Then I loaded up all my disks and tried playing the first one only to discover I had nothing but a black screen. I started by trying to reset to the lowest resolution (hold stop button for more than ten seconds) as described in the manual, with no luck. I then switched to NTSC video output only to discover a sideways scrolling mess that I could almost read if I tried hard enough. Trying to feed the same signal into another TV just gave a blue screen (no input). I went to the Sony website only to discover their tech support page doesn’t even know this exists yet. I eventually managed to get to the reset menu and reset to factory defaults and no change. After an hour with the chat tech support (Did you try different cables? Different TV? Is your TV a Sony?) they finally decided the unit was defective and I should take it to a repair shop. Fat chance! Back it goes. Given the flaky Blu-ray copyright implementations I’ve seen, I suspect what really happened is that security on one of the disks made the thing disable the component output as “insecure” and that was that. You’d think Sony could get it right since it’s their format, but I guess not. Back to my old single disk player.

As an update, after disconnecting everything last night and leaving the unit unplugged, I decided to try it on another TV today. The NTSC output worked fine, so I moved back to the original TV and tested — still worked. Hooked everything back up to the component video and it worked fine. Adjusted to 1080i output and everything still worked. Started going through the menus and about 5 minutes after power-up the video went out again; same symptoms as last night. Looks like after just a few minutes of warm-up something is failing in the unit. Hopefully this is an isolated failure, but it doesn’t bode well for the longevity of these players if they’ve used weak components for critical functions.
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> By: D. Coleman http://bluraydiscplayersonline.com/sony-bdp-cx960-400-disc-blu-ray-disc-dvd-megachanger/comment-page-1#comment-448 D. Coleman Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:55:31 +0000 http://bluraydiscplayersonline.com/sony-bdp-cx960-400-disc-blu-ray-disc-dvd-megachanger#comment-448 Well, when it plays a DVD, the pic is excellent. The trouble is, it WILL NOT play a Verbatim DVD+R DL. Now, since I started using Verbatim disks years ago, I have NEVER had any trouble with them Every player and PC I stuck one in played them faultlessly. Until now. <br />I spent an hour on Sony's "chat help" with a guy who knows nothing about this unit. Waste of time. I am going to contact the Amazon seller, Audio & Video Center, to try to exchange it. Rating: 1 / 5 Well, when it plays a DVD, the pic is excellent. The trouble is, it WILL NOT play a Verbatim DVD+R DL. Now, since I started using Verbatim disks years ago, I have NEVER had any trouble with them Every player and PC I stuck one in played them faultlessly. Until now.

I spent an hour on Sony’s “chat help” with a guy who knows nothing about this unit. Waste of time. I am going to contact the Amazon seller, Audio & Video Center, to try to exchange it.
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> By: Arthur M. Morris http://bluraydiscplayersonline.com/sony-bdp-cx960-400-disc-blu-ray-disc-dvd-megachanger/comment-page-1#comment-447 Arthur M. Morris Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:18:51 +0000 http://bluraydiscplayersonline.com/sony-bdp-cx960-400-disc-blu-ray-disc-dvd-megachanger#comment-447 This product may be good, but I cannot tell since I have not been able set it up properly. It requires a TV connection for the setup and the room where I want to use it does not have a TV. The default output is HDMI and Ihave not been able to switch to another output and connect it to a receiver which does not have HDMI. Another problem is that it is not compatible with my Escient Fireball (although my old Sony was compatible). I would not have bought this product if I knew of these problems in advance. Rating: 3 / 5 This product may be good, but I cannot tell since I have not been able set it up properly. It requires a TV connection for the setup and the room where I want to use it does not have a TV. The default output is HDMI and Ihave not been able to switch to another output and connect it to a receiver which does not have HDMI. Another problem is that it is not compatible with my Escient Fireball (although my old Sony was compatible). I would not have bought this product if I knew of these problems in advance.
Rating: 3 / 5

]]> By: Dom http://bluraydiscplayersonline.com/sony-bdp-cx960-400-disc-blu-ray-disc-dvd-megachanger/comment-page-1#comment-446 Dom Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:56:03 +0000 http://bluraydiscplayersonline.com/sony-bdp-cx960-400-disc-blu-ray-disc-dvd-megachanger#comment-446 I patiently loaded all my discs and sat back for a couple of hours while it 'registered' them. To my horror it kept rejecting the discs, describing them as 'invalid'. Outof about 50 Blu Ray discs it recognised about 6 of them. The rest were unplayable. When I try these so called 'invalid' discs in my single disc player or ps3 they all work fine. <br /> <br />Such a shame, its a nice idea and if it worked with 100% reliability then I would have been happy. I will return this item because it just isnt up to the task it was sold for. <br /> <br />Stay away unless you have lots of time on your hands and a massochistic streak! Rating: 1 / 5 I patiently loaded all my discs and sat back for a couple of hours while it ‘registered’ them. To my horror it kept rejecting the discs, describing them as ‘invalid’. Outof about 50 Blu Ray discs it recognised about 6 of them. The rest were unplayable. When I try these so called ‘invalid’ discs in my single disc player or ps3 they all work fine.

Such a shame, its a nice idea and if it worked with 100% reliability then I would have been happy. I will return this item because it just isnt up to the task it was sold for.

Stay away unless you have lots of time on your hands and a massochistic streak!
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> By: K. Sooley http://bluraydiscplayersonline.com/sony-bdp-cx960-400-disc-blu-ray-disc-dvd-megachanger/comment-page-1#comment-445 K. Sooley Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:02:04 +0000 http://bluraydiscplayersonline.com/sony-bdp-cx960-400-disc-blu-ray-disc-dvd-megachanger#comment-445 Sony has had these (Mega Changers) for many years. This Blue-Ray cousin is not worth the big price increase. What are we paying for here? The DVD player part of this machine is a small protrusion in the back left corner. The Mega Changer is worth $299.99 at best. Sony DVPCX995V 400-Disc DVD Mega Changer/Player Rating: 2 / 5 Sony has had these (Mega Changers) for many years. This Blue-Ray cousin is not worth the big price increase. What are we paying for here? The DVD player part of this machine is a small protrusion in the back left corner. The Mega Changer is worth $299.99 at best. Sony DVPCX995V 400-Disc DVD Mega Changer/Player
Rating: 2 / 5

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