Sony BDP-CX7000ES 400 Blu-ray Disc Mega Changer (Black) (2009 Model)

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Its a very good unit, although Sony stopped making them 2010. A fine price too. Just liking using a computer, it puts the tittles in for you.

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Slowly adding DVDs to it. It appears not all DVDs are in the Gracenote Database. All my DVDs are about trains and were published by Pentrex. None are in the database. dvds are in

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I guess I lucked out on this one. Purchased this from a site that was fulfilled by Amazon and it all worked fine. Here are a few pros and cons that Ive found: Pros: Setup was really simple. Just did an HDMI into my TV, digital audio into my home theater, plugged it in, and plugged in the LAN. It found the internet and worked fine. Loaded 399 movies (the 400th slot was left for a movie rental, more on that later) and told Gracenote to just do its thing overnight. In the morning I came to look at it and it had found titles of 397 of the movies. One movie had no name and another, with Nicholas Cage in it, was just blank. Will have to manually see what those two are but I think 397/399 is better than most people reviewing on here. A lot of people had problems with the size of the unit but it fit into my cheap tv stand pretty much perfectly. Plus, what do you expect for something that holds 400 discs? Picture quality and sound seem great (Im watching Zoolander while I write this and it looks great to me). Cons: HEAVY. Heavy, heavy heavy. And HUGE. Im an ex-military guy so I had no problem lugging this thing upstairs but it is really heavy. Good luck using a universal remote. Set this up with my Logitech Harmony One and it works, but the actual remote has dozens more buttons than my Harmony One found and, when setting up the discs, etc., there are a lot of buttons on the original remote you will need to use unless you map them manually to the remote Rental slot?!? Thought this was a cool idea. A slot on there that I could put DVDs in and such from Blockbuster or Redbox. Not so much. This is just another one of the 400 slots (#1 I think) in the carousel that is set aside for rentals. Really not all that impressive of a feature there Sony has discontinued it. So a pro and a con here. I was able to buy a top of the line $2000 system for less than $600 but still, not fun to buy something that has been discontinued. Still seems to play Blu Ray and DVDs at great quality so it does everything technology needs right now Connects to the internet but no Hulu, Netflix, etc. Why? Would be pretty easy to create apps on here you would think but Sony chose not to go that way. Oh well. Looks like TiVo and I will be friends for a little while longer. Overall, this thing does store 399 of my movies (not 400 because of that rental slot), picked up the names of all of them, and seems to work as advertised. Wish Sony would put something else out because I think there is still a demand for this type of product for people who have not gone digital for everything (and, lets face it, 399 hypothetical blu ray discs is a huge amount of storage space on a drive. At its price point this seems to be a much better deal). So, since it does everything I want and more than I expected I give it 5 stars...

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The Sony "mega changer" is a unique product, capable of storing a medium-sized disc collection in a single, convenient device. A wide range of disc types are supported in addition to Blu-ray, including conventional DVDs and audio CDs. Note that DVD-Audio, HD-DVD and SACD are *not* supported. The build quality is first rate, typical of a Sony "ES" product. It weighs over 30 pounds and seems like its built to last a while. It hooks up easily using a single HDMI cable (assuming what youre connecting to accepts this type of input). If youre using Sony gear, you can control the "mega changer" using a common remote and Sonys "Bravia Sync" protocol. For older equipment, there are 2 and 7 channel analog outputs, as well as digital coax. If you use high-end AV control system (such as Crestron), there are RS-232 inputs as well. The 5-year warranty is also a good touch. In terms of sound and picture quality, Id rate it as excellent. I have a variety of other high-end disc players, and in no case could I see or hear differences on the Sony. DVDs are upscaled for better performance, and the unit supports 24p True Cinema, BD-Live and so on. It supports all the latest surround audio formats and video features, and Sony has a built-in network connection supporting easy firmware updating. While I havent seen a specific commitment from Sony to support future standards, at least the infrastructure is there if they choose to do so. The unit also features a built-in Ethernet port that can connect to the Gracenote service to retrieve album art and disc cover graphics. This is a nice touch, saving you from having to manually enter disc information most of the time. Unfortunately, the graphics are sometimes low resolution and on a small display, they can be difficult to see clearly. Also, on prior generations of this product, Sony included a way to connect a computer keyboard so you could easily edit disc information. This feature has been dropped on the BDP-CX7000ES...so long as youre Ethernet connected and storing discs that can be found in the Gracenote service, this isnt a big deal - but if (for instance) you tend to burn your own discs and want to edit titles, it can be quite a chore doing it without a keyboard. Some complain about the lack of WiFi, but you can always use a wireless Ethernet bridge to eliminate the need for any cables (this is how I have mine connected, and it works fine). Finding discs is always a challenge with units like this, and so Sony provides a variety of ways your collection can be indexed. Its possible to search by title, genre, rating - even director and cast member. The unit can be somewhat slow loading and unloading discs, which I guess is a function of the size of the carousel. It can take 30 seconds to unload a disc, spin the unit to the desired slot, then load the chosen disc. Theres also a slot that can be used to play a single disc without loading it into the unit. This is a good idea, but as Ive kept my single disc player connected to my system, I dont use the Sony for this type of disc. Similarly, theres a USB port for connecting various types of media to the unit (for instance, special BD-Live content, or photos, etc). So far, I havent found a compelling use of this feature since it duplicates capabilities I have on other devices. One problem Ive had with the unit is that it seems sensitive to being moved - some of the discs seemed to move out of their slots just by sliding the device on its shelf. It seems important to not move the unit once its loaded with discs. Although this is a fine unit overall, there are a few other areas that could use improvement: 1. WiFi should be built-in...I shouldnt need to buy an outboard Ethernet bridge to connect wirelessly. 2. The Gracenote service is still immature, mislabling about 10-20% of all discs. 3. Would be nice to have built-in support for Amazons video on demand (or Netflix). 4. Takes a long time to setup initially if you have lots of discs. A wireless keyboard would be a big help. 5. The overall software interface is a bit clumsy...would be nice if it was easier to simply connect the device (over that USB channel?) to a Windows Media Center or iTunes. 6. It runs a bit hot in an enclosed cabinet and tends to generate audible fan noise. 7. Would be nice to have a way to link multiple units for those having more than 400 discs. While you can certainly connect multiple units to your system, each acts independently - without a coordinated index, you need to remember which discs are in which player. Still, in spite of these shortcomings, I think this is a great product and I give it a solid four stars. It would probably be five stars for picture and sound quality, five stars for construction quality, and three stars for usability and software design.

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Dealer shipped very quickly. Reached out to me on a Sunday to explain how to set the Remote command code to match the Changer. Instructions were in the manual but I wasnt holding down the BD button long enough. Although used it was almost like new. Very clean. Expensive but hard to find. Ill never understand why people want mp3s or streaming quality for their music and video. I have two of these for Blu-Ray changers (this plus dvpes960) and 5 DVD changers for my CD collection and all I have to do is pull up the menus on my TV and press play to here Music or watch a movie. Update 6/20/2018 - Sony nor Gracenotes provides support for these changers any longer so as a result they do not update the titles or jacket art when loading the changer. When loading a newer Blu-Ray disc, you are likely to get an "invalid disc" message or a "cannot read disc" message. Sometimes it will load a newer disc but give you the message when you try to play it. Older Blu-Rays will load but you must manually enter the data. Gracenotes does still update CDs when loaded into the changer with data and picture art so it is a matter of either company not wanting to support Blu-Ray functionality for these changers.

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Our player no longer recognizes and plays Blu-ray discs. We purchased the player new in 2011 and had to send it in for repair for this problem. The company had difficulty obtaining the parts needed for repair. The repair lasted several months and then we had the same problem again. Following packing instructions for sending the player in for warranty repair cost us $100 plus for shipping only. Not sure if Im willing to spend the time to remove the discs and the money for shipping the product back. When there are product defects like the ones experienced by Sony customers, Sony should step up to the plate and pay for shipping costs.

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This is an outstanding unit with incredible attention to detail for use as an everyday disc storage...Unfortunately, several of these are needed for an extensive library, but the initial clutter and space reduction is immediately evident. If you take the time to catalog your discs either via the web or manually, it becomes a time saving device you wonder how in the world you ever got along without until now. I wish I had bought more of them as now they are over twice as much in cost at $1200.00 each.

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been with the unit 1 day and already can tell I will enjoy for years to come, can skip all the promos and go direct to the movie. 400 BD, DVD, CD my dream machine

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I purchased this to replace an older Sony 400 disc changer. Other than the HD capability I was looking forward to the Gracenote database. This unit was substantially larger than my older changer but I had space for it. The build quality was much better and it was much quieter. I loaded it with 235 discs and about 40 of those were blu ray. The Gracenote service took a little less than two hours to label all but five. Three of them were specialty discs that I didnt expect to be in the database but one the other two was a current blu ray title "Brooklyns Finest". Thats an excellent percentage that I can live with. One of the complaints Ive seen on other reviews is the low resolution of the cover art but on a big screen its acceptable. Another complaint was about the lack of direct access to a particular disc, however the menu scrolls so quickly it was a non issue. I was impressed the most by the way it upscaled SD DVDs to 1080p. Ive owned two other players that claimed to do this but this was the only one that delivered. A couple of years ago I had considered purchasing this for$1900 but it wouldnt have been worth it, but at $665 it was a good deal.

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outrageous price but it works great.

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