This was a top of the range 5.1 when purchased it has had this read/can't play message for a long time SONY you have made a pile of rubbish!!!

The Sony DAV-S880 has perfect crystal sound

Bought the Sony DAV-S880 kit to go with my Sony tv, and wish I hadn't.
It overheats badly and stops mid film as a consequence.
In addition it broke down completely after 3 years, and having had the laser assembly replace it has broken again. Not worth fixing as I can get a decent receiver for the cost of a sony repair.

Sony , we trusted so much and continue trusting you, Why is that if it had been problem identified, no steps have been taken to equip your service centres across world in addressing the same.

You could have earned the loyalty of your trusted customers.

The Sony DAV-S880 is an excellent DVD home cinema system. I bought it about three years ago now, and I have not had one problem.

The PQ into my Pioneer HDTV is astounding, and it beats many newer "up-scaling" models.

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I was unaware of the problems with this product. However, I have been looking at many reports regarding the Sony DVD S880 system.
I purchased mine about 18 months ago, but did not take out the extended warranty. Like many, I bought this system because Sony sell their name, and it looked good.
I did not use the unit for longer than 5 hours at the weekend and I would estimate the total use over this period above, about 400 - 500 hours (MAX)
My unit failed whilst on stand by. I contacted Sony and took the DVD to a recommended Sony repair engineer. I have been informed that the power board is faulty and it will cost £250-00 to fix it.
Judging by the overall complaints, I am not confident that the above repair will remove the problem.
It may be that my direct link to Sony, may result in Sony covering the overall repair, time will tell.
I asked why the unit failed, well, well!! "we are not too sure, possibly a power surge" they think.
I explained that I have 7 other Sony products in my house all connected to the mains, and all are working fine.
I have discussed this with Sony and the engineer, and I explained that the previous Sony system had overheating problems, they did not make any comment.
It will cost me £23.00 to take the unit away from the engineer, at this stage I do not know what Sony will do. I paid £700.00 for this unit.
It is obviously a long standing problem that Sony have had, and I feel they have failed to notify their customers with regards to the overall performance .
In addition, the overall reports in this product review web page, clearly indicates that Sony are failing to accept, the product is far from the real quality they sold it as.
I have taken note of many of the reportz, some have indicated that they wish to challenge Sony by compiling a list of names. My recommendation to all concerned is to open the BBC Watchdog page and report your complaint to them, that is what I will be doing this coming week.
I have paid for a quality system, at the time, one of the higher priced units in the shop.
I also have some very cheap dvd players (under £30.00) which work harder than the above unit. They are all working well without fault.
I informed Sony that I have recently purchased a Sony Wega 42 inch TV surrounds system, costing £1,800.00, this takes my Sony expenditure to just over £5000 in the past 3 years.
I am not happy with the DVD S880.
Sony should put their hands up and admit there are many technical problems with this unit. I feel Sony have many good products, however this is a bad apple.
I hope customer loyalty will make Sony act in the appropriate manner and recall this product, irrespective to when it was purchased. Bearing in mind it seems to be failing within 12- 24 months of purchase.
Many manufacturers are recalling products in this country and at considerable costs
So if your reading this review Sony, this is your chance to sell your name by acting in good faith . This may excel your rating further in the market of electronics .
Perhaps by providing each customer with a new and tested model FOC may be one option.
I am also puzzled that Sony do not have an E-Mail contact for such problems?

I have had the S880 for two years and has cost me over £100 in repairs for multiple faults that a retailer told me are common on this model.

This Sony DAVS-880 is an all in one, Home Cinema (DVD Player/Radio/Surround Sound/CD/MP3 etc)system. I bought mine off the net ready chipped for Multi Region, as Sony shops only supply Region 2(and are more expensive!!).
Once set up, the DVD system is easy to operate.
The picture quality is excellent, but a few MR DVD's (cheap one's from China) did not play.
The sound quality is very good, however I would recommend an ACTIVE Sub Woofer if you want really good (deep) bass.(Sony DAVS 888 just released).
This is my first DVD player, so I cannot benchmark it to anything else. All UK & US DVD's (Region 2 & 1) have worked, and I am pleased with this product.

The Sony DAV-S880's top class sounds and good looks gets the thumbs up from me. when it comes to entertaining, film, music of any format, this unit delivers!

I have the Sony DAV-S880 and I can't seem to play any DVDs. I recently played a region 1 DVD without any problems but when I tried the following day with the same DVD, the system said 'Reading' followed by 'Can't Play' after a few minutes. Unfortunately, my warranty ran out in Dec 2003.
Please can some help by sending me an email at [email protected]

After 3 month, my DAV-S880 had failed in the Stand-by mode, ie after a few minuts folowed by pressing the stand-by mode, the system freezes and needs full restarting. I have sent the system to the authourized Sony center for replacing, but they anouned that we can repair it, not replacing...now after 1 months, thay are telling me that we need more time for spare parts. Now i am very disapointed for the costomer servise and also i have hesitate for the perfect desinging of the system.

I shopped around for about 6 months before diving in and buying an all in one setup.

What can I say, it does what it says on the tin!

The unit looks lovely, as do the speakers, the setup couldnt be simpler with the colour coded sockets, and the sound and image quality are (to my eyes and ears) fantastic.

I managed to find this for £550 (including 3 dvds regionfree'd) from techtronics, I've not had any problems at all with it.

well worth it.

I bought this system at Christmas to replace a selection of large speakers and separates that had taken over my front room. As has been identified in the other reviews the installation is easy enough, well that is if you can cope with out a scart lead. I needed to go to the shops to buy some decent leads to make the connection from the unit to the TV. The speaker leads and connections are not what you expect with equipment at this price. Once I had everything connected and fired up, the first thing you notice is the poor design of the remote control. Small buttons, with the important function key hidden away. I loaded a CD, (Hell Freezes Over). I thought I had wired everything up wrong. Sounded flat, my PC sounds better. I checked the wiring all found to be OK. I loaded a DVD,the time taken for the DVD to start up is slow, enough time to put the kettle on. However, the audio results were markedly different. Surround sound is pretty good. The sub is not that brilliant though, I moved it around and ended up putting it behind the TV as it does emit part of the mid frequency, or at least appears to. This was distracting as the sound became remote from the centre of the action, hence the new location. Picture quality on my 5 year old Sony TV seems OK. Is it worth 500 or 600 pounds. Well no! I don't think so. The system has already been replaced. May be some cheap bargains around. Guess you need to go the separates route if you want decent audio as well as a decent picture.