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Bought the Sony Bdps1200 Wired Streaming Blu-ray Disc Player, Full Hd 1080p Blu-ray Disc Playback (Certified Refurbished) 128 days ago. It stopped working at 125 days. Was aware that this item was refurbished and had a 90 day warranty. Based on reviews and the Sony brand name it was a no-brainer. When it comes to electronics it seems if it works 90 days it should work for long time in the same environment under the same load. Regretting that now. Cant return the item through Amazon. This was an upgrade from a standard Sony DVD player DVP – NS57P. While the Bdps1200 Blu-ray player was working it did a great job. The only feature tested was the Blu-ray player, so no opinion on the other features. The picture was great quality. The remote work well although its a little small. The remote controlled the TV just fine. A couple of days ago the Bdps1200 Blu-ray player would not show a picture. Sometimes when it was turned on it would show the menu screen for a few seconds and sometimes not at all. After that the Bdps1200 Blu-ray player would become unresponsive. The remote would open and close the tray but nothing else. Look for troubleshooting online couldnt find anything that would work. Couldnt find anything at all really. To troubleshoot the Bdps1200 Blu-ray player the 1st thing was to check power. Mains power was okay 122.75 VAC (tested with Tektronix TX 3). Sony transformer tested 12.31 VAC (tested with Tektronix TX 3) 12.34 VAC (tested with Fluke 45) each time without a load. Unplugged the Bdps1200 Blu-ray player and let it sit for a day, same result/not working. Removed HDMI cable from Bdps1200 Blu-ray player and plugged it into a DVR, different result/DVR image appeared on-screen. Reconnected HDMI cable to Bdps1200 Blu-ray player, same result/still not working. At this time mains power, Sony transformer without load, HDMI cable and LCD TV all are verified to be in working order. Since the item cannot be returned after 90 days/the warranty is void, it was time to open up the Bdps1200 Blu-ray player and see what was going on. This was simple to do with just 3 screws to remove the cover. There are 4 solder pads on the circuit board next to the transformer input. Plugged the transformer back in, turned the Bdps1200 Blu-ray player on and tested voltage on the pads. The voltage was 12.23 VAC (tested with Tektronix TX 3). At this time the transformer with a load was confirmed good. Turned the Bdps1200 Blu-ray player off, unplugged/plugged the 4 "ribbon cables" and turned the Bdps1200 Blu-ray player on, same result/not working. Searched the web to see if anyone else had the same problem, couldnt find anything. UPDATE 10/4/2015: Thought I would give updating the OS a try. Downloaded it from Sonys website onto a flash drive, plugged it in and turn the unit on. It actually started working again. So I went to the update screen and updated OS. That went smooth however, let the Blu-ray player sit for a couple of days. Put the cover back on and plugged it in and it started working fine. Halfway through movie it quit working and is still not working. The rest of this did not influence the rating and is just an opinion. Never did a review before and was kind of frustrated that you cant mention the company you bought it from in the review. This kind of sucks because one would think that would be a pretty important part of the buying decision. An example, the product is 10% cheaper with one dealer on a particular part than another. That might persuade you to go with the less expensive dealer especially when it comes to electronics after all they are the same part?. However, pretty sure this is not the case here, there are different levels of refurbished items. One dealer could have the lesser, which could cause more complaints and the more expensive dealer could have the better refurbished of one part and you would never know the difference because the seller rating is overall and not for one specific part. Just a thought. Just happen to know a little bit about refurbished parts, FYI.