Yamaha DVD-S2700BL Single Disc DVD Player, Black

Comment: I upgraded from the previous model since I had just purchased an HD plasma monitor. The primary reason for purchasing these Yamaha models was the Faroudja DCDi processing which can only be found in higher end brands costing significantly more. The only complaint I have with this upgraded model is the remote. It does not have the functions of the previous model so we are actually using the older model's remote! (Since this model is no longer available, I am not going into details. Thanks!)

Comment: certainly one of the best universal dvd player available... incredible image and probably the best sound available for that kind of money... pick one before it is out of production...

Comment: I've been using Amazon for years, but this is my first review. I just think it's a shame to give this DVD player a 1 star!

I owned the previous generation of this player, which was no good. It was SUPER slow to load, etc. Thankfully, it broke, and the A/V installers replaced it (as it was under warranty) with this model.

I haven't had it for very long, but I love it. It's solid, fast to load discs (for a universal player!), very nice and clean looking, responsive, and the picture is fantastic. FYI, my screen is a 42" Fujitsu plasma, purchased last year. Also, it is dead-silent when playing, unlike, for example, a Marantz DVD player I owned which you could hear from the sofa if the volume wasn't load enough!. Thus the reason I think the other reviewers unit is broken. NOTE: I just put in a disk. If you put you ear against the unit, you can head a rapid tic-tic-tic sound when playing--as you can from all cd/dvd players--but from 6" away, nothing.

Also, it sounds like the other reviewer uses the player differently that I do. I pretty much play rented DVD movies with it, I don't burn disks, etc.

Also, I am going to buy a second player for another room today, hooking it up to a projector.

Having said all that, the Denon DVD-2930CI also gets great reviews, and is in this price range. I suspect the audio on the Yamaha is better, though.

Just offering a second opinion!

Comment: Before I purchased the DVD-S2700 I was using the Yamaha DVD-S1500 which I owned for the past 2 years. Anything I burned on my computer played back on the DVD-S1500 without a problem, every disk played back perfectly.

I purchased the DVD-S2700 about 2 weeks ago, to gain the advantage of the HD playback of the unit for my Plasma TV, the first disk I played, the picture quality was very good, and the HD quality was GREAT and the sound was also GREAT, but then the picture started to skip, pause, skew, and freeze up, the whole disk was not that way but it happened enough to be very annoying, and should no be happening on disks that played back perfectly not only on my old Yamaha DVD-S1500 but other brand player my friends have. I tested a few disks I played back on the DVD-S2700 just to make sure it was not the disks fault!!!!

Then I played a DL disk I burned, it played the first time with the same skips, pauses, skews, and freeze ups.......but the second time I wanted to play the same DL disk the unit gave me a message "Unknown Disk"....What the hell is this, if it play back once what's with this message. Before I got this message, the unit seemed to reset with the picture going black on my tv and the unit turning off then back on?????????
Then I keep getting a clicking sound from the disk tray when a disk is loaded, like something is skipping or slipping, or going beyond it's limit.

After spending $900 for this unit, I never expected such garbage from Yamaha!!!

All I can say is, STAY AWAY FROM THIS ONE, SAVE YOUR MONEY...Look at another manufactures.