Sony DVP-C650D DVD Player

Product Review

Sony's DVP-S650D 5-disc changer DVD player incorporates the patented Precision Drive System with Active Tilt Control, and a built-in Dolby Digital 5.1-channel decoder. Audio and picture quality are improved with Sony's Digital Cinema Sound, virtual 3-D surround modes and a digital image enhancer, which brightens the corners of pictures. The built-in video equalizer has three presets and one custom setting.

The full array of connectivity options, including two S-video outputs, two composite video outputs, one optical digital audio output, and one coaxial digital audio output enables the DVP-S650D to accommodate any home theater set up, including Dolby Digital and DTS.

The DVD/CD changer holds five discs and is compatible with most other Sony DVD MegaStorage changers. The DVP-S650D can display DVD and CD jackets from discs encoded with this information. Additional convenient features include a front jog/shuttle dial, DVD/CD text and memo, and parental control technology, which allows concerned parents to block out any DVD or restrict viewing of up to 200 DVDs. SmoothScan and bidirectional SmoothSlow guarantee less jerky searching and fast-forward/reverse slow motion. The front headphone jack has its own volume control, and Sony's Navigator remote control, with phosphorescent keys, is included.

Sony provides a one-year warranty on parts and labor.

Product Features

5-disc changer DVD player
Sony Precision Drive System with Active Tilt Control
Built-in Dolby Digital 5.1-channel decoder and virtual 3-D surround modes
Headphone jack with volume control
Compatible with MegaStorage changers for DVD/CD changers

Accessories

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review

(10 customer reviews)

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful

Great Picture and features, but not a simple player, July 6, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Sony DVP-C650D DVD Player (Electronics)

If you want to pop in a few DVDs or CDs and just play them, this is a great player. Basic use is straightforward, but it does so many other things that a few hours with the instruction manual is necessary to figure it all out. Swapping disks while one is playing is a handy feature (although doing it while the shuffle play is on will cause the current track to end). With all the great features this player has, I am suprised that it won't play CD-Rs. Otherwise, this is a fine player with the best picture I have seen in a DVD player like this, and a great, new lower price that Amazon is offering.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

Will not play CD-R, March 5, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Sony DVP-C650D DVD Player (Electronics)

If you make your own audio CDs at home, don't buy the Sony units. Sony decided to leave the capability out of their units to play CD-R. I bought one, got it home and learned the lesson the hard way. I returned the unit for a refund. Buy the Pioneer, Phillips, JVC or Denon units that will play CD-R.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

Not the best product by a longshot, October 12, 2001

M. Alberts (seattle, wa United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony DVP-C650D DVD Player (Electronics)

I've owned this DVD carousel for about two years, and I bought it because, at the time, it seemed to be the highest quality carousel around. I will discuss features/issues, then ownership experience.On the feature side, I have found this player very inconvenient compared to my Denon CD carousel. It has a seperate button for disc exchange and opening the tray, so if you are playing something and decide to exchange a disc and hit the open button, you will take the currently playing disc, stop it from playing, and move it to the fore. Of course, I habitually hit the open button, and this drives me absolutely nuts. Given that the open button is about three times the size, I'm thinking I'm not the only one with this mental block. Wouldn't it have been easier to just have one button, and assume if something was playing you didn't want to stop it?The remote is another area where this is an annoying unit. There is no "next disc" button. So if you have multiple discs in,...Read more