Sony DVP-S560D

They should rename my Sony DVP-S560D the "c13:00" because that's all it plays. A very disappointing and expensive mistake; trusting them to make a dvd player that actually works.

I guess I've been luckier than the rest of these folks, my unit lasted 4 years before it started giving me the C:13:00 error. I used advice I found out about the "hidden menu" and it took care of it for a while. Now 2 years later I'm getting it again and also the "insert disc" error even when it has a disc in. And I've had freezing and skipping too. Like these other folks, I will never buy Sony products again. Too bad, they USED to be the best thing going.

I have used this player a lot, I was under the impression that it played mpegs and other video formats, I have not had any luck playing anything but DVD's. All in all for the price and reliability, or lack of, I would not buy this unit again.

I've been had like so many others entrusting in the Sony name. Player worked great while it was working. It does get hot really fast, Even while only playing one movie. Problems started in the begining with the freezing of frames towards the end of the DVD and eventually moving into the notorious "No Disk" text. Tried getting support from Sony to find that they will only replace unit with referb for 185.35$ That's 185.$ too much for this piece of you know what!

I bought a whole sony set up for dvd and surround sound to ensure it would work together fine with one remote. it didn't. Then the Sony DVP S560D dvd player began to skip chapters, restart dvds in the middle of a movie, couldn't identify a dvd was in the tray, produced error code 13, a number of other items. Sony said tough luck because it has a warranty, of course they were absolutely no help when it was in warranty. this is the worst sony product ever made on the planet earth. i will be glad to drop this off the top of my apartment building tomorrow. i promise to post the video of this event.

I'll never buy Sony again ... nothing. No TVs. No receivers. No CD players. Not even a blank disc from them. They screwed me and enjoyed it. The Sony DVP S560D DVD Player gives you random but frequent and frustrating C:13 or "no disc" errors on perfectly-good discs. In fact, they play sometimes ... other times, not so well. Piece of rubbish. Sony should be shamed.

The Sony DVP S560D was great till it started acting up after about 2 years of use. DVD's would freeze, skip, restart, etc, came online to find some answers. After reading a review that turning the display (dimmer) off helped, I decided to check it out. Turning off the display (dimmer) did nothing. However I messed with the setup and have found that the problem goes away with the right settings. With NO DVD in press the Display button: (you can do this from the remote or at the unit, but can not have a DVD in the tray)

Set the Video EQ to Standard

Digital Video Enhancer = Off

Advance = Off

Next option is the Setup:

Auto Play = Off

Dimmer = Bright

Pause = Auto

Playback Memory = Off

Track Selector = Auto

I think the main problem is the Video EQ and the Digital Video Enhancer, however I gave the rest of my settings to show how I have mine setup and working without problems.

Horrible machine!!! I thought my wife had some setting wrong on the Sony DVP S560D about 6 months ago when that evil "c13" and "No disk" response came back to me. It caused a couple of good fights- thanks SONY! Pathetic company- no response whatsoever except- Warranty still good? Piece of crud company.

Overall, I am pleased with the Sony DVP S560D DVD player. I had hoped it would last longer, but I suppose, as they say, good things don't last forever. Problem I am facing is the DVP S560 supported Dolby 5.1. All speaker cables were fed into the ports in the back of the unit. I noticed many of the newer systems rely on a simulated surround. Now what do I do? I have $2000 invested in Boston Acoustics audio. It seems a waste not to be able to use it. I can use a little advice. Anyone?

My friends and family used to get a kick out of how I'd grumble at this DVD player because it wouldn't eject the DVD disk reliably. Alternately, I would have to insert a disk a few times before it would recognize the disk had been inserted. I've had the silly thing for over two years now, and it has been been reliably unreliable.

While watching a movie (not a particular movie) the screen would go all "pixelated" and freeze. Sometimes, after doing this, it would jump back to somewhere near the beginning of the movie, forcing me to locate the scene in the movie where the malfunction occured. Usually, the second time through the problematic scene, the player wouldn't cause a problem at all. Cleaning the disk never seemed to cause or fix the problem.

Now, the final straw. I've started to collect a lot of digital images and wanted to share them with my family and friends using the DVD Player's ability to play Version 2.0 Video CD's. I've used Nero's Burning ROM to create the Video CD's, but to my chagrin the Sony DVD player refuses to recognize the disks. I'm convinced the VCDs are compatible with the DVD player. Nonetheless, the silly thing refuses to play them. I'm betting my parent's Magnavox DVD player ($69 USD) will play it back.