Sony DVP-S560

The Sony DVP-S56 player is expensive junk, repair costs too high

I started noticing funny operations with the Sony DVP-S560 DVD Player almost immeditately after I bought it (about 2 months).

Usually, Sony makes ok stuff. But yes.. this ones a seriously rubbish.

It costs way more to repair (why should I have to repair this flaw?) Sony wont back this one up. Cant figure out why. even if they gave me a 50.00 Rebate toward another "better" well known product, at least thats SOME recourse.

I know Im not the only one with an issue with this monster.

The Sony DVP-S560 DVD Player is a completely crud product that Sony should have recalled a long time ago. Not fit for intended use and Sony should expect a class action in light of the many, many people out there who have been cheated with this defective product.

Just like everyone else, shortly after getting this DVD new I began to experience the infamous "no disc" error and the DVD stopped working completely.

After reading all these reviews, I am afraid to say anything bad in case my DVD hears me. I have had mine for almost 3 years I think and I've never had a playback problem... And NO, I do NOT work for Sony. The only annoying thing I've experienced is I have to press "Open" twice because it doesn't recognize it the first time. Now watch it will die out on me tomorrow. :)

Same errors (exactly) as described by other reviewers started after aboout 18 months. Played fewer and fewer DVDs until finally it refused to recognize even brand new discs. Initially, we thought it was due to the condition of rented DVDs and became adept at cleaning them. It was not. I thank all those who suffered and posted before me, I will not spend the money on repairing this model.

It stopped playing most discs after 13 months, with constant "1300" errors. I spent $160 US to get it fixed. A year later...it's broken again. Fooled me once, Sony...

I would like to organize a class action suit against Sony. If interested, e-mail me.

I've had the same problems with this player that others have had: jumping to different parts of the disk after playing for an hour or so, C:13 errors or No Disk errors when disk is loaded. I've checked other websites and there are plenty of others out there with the exact same problem.

A number of reviews on audioreview.com describe fixes for the various problems this player encounters: overheating and a faulty fuse. The fuse in question is one labeled F402 and needs to be bypassed (directions for accomplishing this are at www.ben-morris.net/dvd). However, fixing the fuse is quite a challenge for those not electronically-inclined since the fuse is extremely tiny.

I had the Sony DVP-S560 DVD player for about a year and a half, after which it suddenly refused to recognize my DVDs (or CDs for that matter). After trying, it displays "NO DISC". From other reviews, this is obviously a recurrent problem, although Sony did not even offer to lower their flat repair rate of $139 (87 pounds). Needless to say, I'm not taking them up on it. I think I'll hang onto my proof of purchase for the day Sony loses another class-action suit...

I bought this unit because Consumer Reports rated it very highly at the time. I also have had the same problems everyone here has mentioned. DVDs will skip, and I especially have had problems near the ends of movies. My PS2 plays DVDS better than this one that cost $250.00. What I want to know is this. Has anyone found out what the problem is with this unit? I would think there has to be something wrong with how the belt is positioning the laser, especially since it always screws up at the ends of movies. I'd be interested to know if, anyone has any info on it.

This piece of rubbish is a totally waste of money. All of the sudden it stopped working and never reads any disc and always displays NO DISC. I bought it 2 years ago and rarely used it.