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Anyone have a 300-400 DVD player/changer?

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Wag

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My DVD collection is out of controll (let's not even get into CDs). I was wondering if anyone has a DVD jukebox and how they like it?

I was looking at the Sony DVP-CX985V, which is <$400 and has SACD support. Only thing is there's no front loader like their older 875.
Sony DVP-CX985V

How fast do these things sort discs and how easy is it to find what you're looking for (indexing)?
 
I have nothing to add here, but, if you feel like being questioned read on:

If it's like CD Changers it'll be obsolete in a year or two when MPEG4/DIVX and largeharddrives are much cheaper and there are home 'divx' media players that use harddrives for storage. (Can do all of the above now w/ a pc but, anyway...) Just a hunch... my 100disc cd changer never gets used.

Anyway, you can only watch one movie at a time, unlike CD's where the song changes every few minutes... getcherlazyassoffthechairandchangethedisceveryfewhoursyabum!

Seriously, it'd be annoying trying to remember which DVD is in which slot so I can watch it. And if you are anal enough to do a list of which are in which, you know some friends will come over and mess w/ you.

And if you don't plan on having friends over, why bother having that many movies ready to watch to begin with?





 
You were right- you had nothing to add.

You don't have to remember what DVD is in what slot, that's why there's indexing. There's a built in data-base and you can use a keyboard to enter the titles that aren't there.

 
I have the 875 and it is working well for me. There are a few quirks I could do without, like the unstoppable autoload that loads the last DVD every time it's turned on, and the Disc Explorer on Screen Management System is painfully slow. But all in all, I'm pretty happy with it. And it beats the hell out of having shelves and shelves of DVDs.

Here is a tip: Use DVD Profiler to make a simple list of your DVDs and number them in the program according to what changer slot they are in. That's how my collection is set up in the link in my sig. The number corresponds with the slot it occupies in my changer (un-numbered DVDs are not in the changer or are descriptions of box sets and not the individual DVDs). Then it is easy to print out a simple list to keep on the coffee table. This makes finding and loading what disk you want MUCH faster than navigating the Disc Explorer on Screen Management System on the player.
 
On one of the reviews I read they said you can stop the 985 from auto-loading. I dislike the fact that there's no load-tray, although it holds 400 DVDs.
 
Originally posted by: Wag
On one of the reviews I read they said you can stop the 985 from auto-loading. I dislike the fact that there's no load-tray, although it holds 400 DVDs.
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There is no load tray on the 875, either. One slot is the "easy load" slot.
 
Well that's good to know. I guess it makes sense for me to go with the 985. It MSRPs for $399, so it should start coming down to $300 or so soon.
 
Originally posted by: Wag
Well that's good to know. I guess it makes sense for me to go with the 985. It MSRPs for $399, so it should start coming down to $300 or so soon.
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I'm curious why the 875 still has an MSRP that is $100 more that the 985? 😕
 
Yeah, I was low-balling DVD size. They vary.

It could be the 875 is more expensive to manufacture- it does flip, the 985 doesn't, which isn't a big deal because I probably have 10 flippers total. They stopped manufacturing it anyways.

There is a CX777ES, which appears to be exactly the same as the 985 except it has a 216MHz/12-bit DAC and an RS-232 port. It MSRPs for $799.
 
Originally posted by: Wag
Think about that. If each DVD is ~4GB, 400 DVDs would take up 1600GB.
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he knows, thats why hes using the windows media 9 codec to compress the video down, he can get dvds down to 2 GB with no apprciable difference, and if it really makes a difference he has the dvd.
 
Originally posted by: Wag
That's impractical, especially for over 400 DVDs. Bad enough typing in the names. Lol.
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And be prepared to do a lot of typing. I'd say my 875 was only able to pull the title and cover shot off of less than 15% of the discs I own. Not surprisingly, the one brand that ALWAYS could be read was Columbia/Tristar (A Sony Company). WB discs also were very good with displaying the title and covershot. Most others were a no-go.
 
Originally posted by: Anubis
why not just buy a nice shelf and organize them by mane. that makes alot more sence
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Actually, no. Having a changer means you can list and number your DVDs in the changer. You never have to get up to change a DVD, and you save GOBS of shelf and wall space by just sticking your cases in a box in the garage, closet or attic.
 
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Anubis
why not just buy a nice shelf and organize them by mane. that makes alot more sence
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Actually, no. Having a changer means you can list and number your DVDs in the changer. You never have to get up to change a DVD, and you save GOBS of shelf and wall space by just sticking your cases in a box in the garage, closet or attic.
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how often are you sitting down through more ten 1 movie staright? i just think diff necause to me a 5 disk DVD changer is excessive. i have over 200 DVDs and it only takes about 10 secods to go and change the one in the player.

 
Originally posted by: Anubis
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Anubis
why not just buy a nice shelf and organize them by mane. that makes alot more sence
Click to expand...

Actually, no. Having a changer means you can list and number your DVDs in the changer. You never have to get up to change a DVD, and you save GOBS of shelf and wall space by just sticking your cases in a box in the garage, closet or attic.
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how often are you sitting down through more ten 1 movie staright? i just think diff necause to me a 5 disk DVD changer is excessive. i have over 200 DVDs and it only takes about 10 secods to go and change the one in the player.
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But instead of having to peruse 400 DVDs on various shelves, you can peruse an alphebetical list on your coffee table with as much, or as little info as you want.

And I often change discs during one setting. Especially with short subject discs like TV seasons or Looney Toons and that kind of stuff. Or I change many discs when I show highlights that show off my theater.

PLUS, once a DVD is in the changer, it is never touched again... meaning it is not likely to be damaged.
 
geesh, some of your dvd collections are crazy..

but i'm all for a dvd changer. 400 sounds pretty good, only if would drop a bit in price, and would be hacked to play all region ^^;;

changers are nice, because it reduces the work you have to do, once you have it set up. and the discs are protected once it's in the system. much less fingerprint smidging etc.. and i've been collecting anime dvds, which usually have either 13 or 26 eps spread over multiple discs. it's much easier to just load them in succession, rather than remove, fetch, load, wait.. wait.. ok, here we go.. i like to park my ass on the couch and w/ a touch of a btn, move on to the next dvd 😀

the worst, well less w/ dvds than w/ cds, is you find the right case, but inside is another cd/dvd, so you track that one down only to find some other misplaced dvd.. *sigh* i try to be organized as possible, but w/ multiple viewings one night, and get lazy at the same time, you'll be playing hide and seek w/ the movie that you want to watch.
 
Originally posted by: xenocyd3
you must have alot of porn videos to need a 300-400 dvd player
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Look at my sig. More than 200 DVDs and not a single porn flick among them. 🙂

That's what computers are for. 😛
 
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