Sony DVP-S360

I too have the exact same problem listed by others. My player is about 2 years old. About a year ago, it started to jump back to earlier chapters. Then it started giving sporadic errors on brand new DVDs. I think Sony should be making more reliable products and I would not recommend this product under any conditions.

My Sony DVP S360 is also shot -- it displays NO DISC. Sony products are not as reliable as many people think. I had a top of the line Sony power amp go out when it was ONE MONTH out of warranty. This happened under normal use. It took more than three months for a Sony service center to repair it. The part on the circuit board that burned out had to be shipped from Japan. John A.

This Sony DVP-S360 was visibly designed to last just over the warranty. After a few months, it started displaying pixelized images followed with random jumps backwards to the middle of some already viewed scenes. After a year, it progressively degraded, displaying more often than not, Error C13.00 when inserting brand new DVDs. Now, only 1 DVD out of 6 plays. Sometimes displays NO DVD, sometimes Error C13.00.

Sony used to be a respectable make. Not anymore! They do not stand behind their products. This thing should have been recalled and corrected after so many customer complaints but Sony decided to dodge it.

My God, the Sony DVP-S360 DVD player has been giving me severe problems for years! Only now, after finally deciding to see what I could find online about this particular model, do I see it is a real LEMON. Do not purchase this model. Just like everyone else, I thought either my DVD player or my DVD's were dirty. But discs skip, freeze, or simply won't play right out of the package, and I've cleaned the player 400 times. Also, this model doesn't play VCD's, MP3's, and most copied DVD's either - something I admit that I did not research before my foolish purchase. Other DVD players, that cost half as much, work correctly and have vastly more features. I had have to play half of my DVD's on my PlayStation just to get through them without problems. My next player will be RCA!

My Sony DVP-S360 DVD player has been used for mostly rented videos and home movies, copied to DVD. It has worked flawlessly, and provides a great picture. It will play audio CD's very well too, but if you make a homemade audio CD-R, it will not play.

My Sony DVP-S360 has just finally took it's last breath. I have been having the same problems as others for about the last eight months. I must be one of the lucky ones because I purchased my player in 2002. Now the tray won't open and it has a rented DVD inside. I have filled out the petition on the Sheller Ludwig & Badey Consumer Class Actions: Sony DVD. Like a fool I just went out and bought another Sony before I researched how I might get my old one repaired. Like the rest of you I received no help from Sony. They said they would replace it for $135.00 + Shipping.

C1300 Error: I have been getting this more frequently. Through troubleshooting I have determined it to be a design related issue. It appears that the DVD player does not disipate heat properly thus causing the C1300 error. There is a pocket located at the bottom of the unit which is ideal for hold heat released from electionic equipment below. The fix is to ensure good air flow and not stack this unit above any other equipment.

We have a Sony DVP-S360 that has been finicky --especially with rental DVDs -- from the get-go. It intermittently skipped to the beginning in the middle of a movie or gave "dirty disk" / "no disk," codes. When it was our only DVD player, I just assumed that the DVD format was just supersensitive to greasy fingers, etc. So I diligently cleaned each disk with alcohol and muddled through. But lately, it's even been balking at playing pristine new disks right out of the celophane. And our $30 Cyberhome player has no problem playing any of these disks. So we finally checked out the rap on this player on this site and discovered that it's not just our unit -- that the DVP-S360 really is a lemon.

Total waste of money, piece of garbage. I am having the same problem with it as the others here. I bought this item based on the Sony name and reputation. Never again will I buy a Sony product after this one. Near the end of a DVD, it will start skipping, freezing, backing up to another scene, picture will garble. I have been getting the dirty DVD error message as well. No problem with the DVD's. It's a horrid player. DO not buy this model!

Sony DVP-S360 - I thought I was crazy when I kept getting the "C 33 00" flashing on my screen. I have always bought Sony, but will not do so again unless they remedy this situation. This was my first DVD player, and it is certainly my last Sony.