Sony DVP NS7OH vs LG 511

I bought the LG last week for it's HDMI feature and the $149 price. Initial impressions were good, but that evaporated quickly after a few days use even though PQ was very good in 1080 mode.


1. After reading the reviews here that it can scratch two sided rental disks that enough of a deal breaker for me.


2. I also "did" hear a metal clicking sound that was quite loud on occasion. The Time Warner HD DVR makes so much noise anyway it seems to drown out the noise from the LG (is this a good thing, no . . it's a sad thing). Gonna swap the DVR back for a quieter one at some point.


3. I thought the ability to use digital media cards was great since my TV does not have a slot, but it's a useless feature on the LG because it takes 45 secs for each pic to load. . . fagedaboutit!


4. The remote is a piece of junk. It looks like it's from a kids Fisher Price toy set. It's embarrassing to even put this remote in the vicinity of a 4k plasma.


So it went back to CC. I picked up the DVP-NS70H at Sears and it even had another $7 off sale ticket on it that day.


The moment I plugged it in I could see the picture was much better than the LG's. The 1080 upscale is automatic unlike the buttons I had to scroll though on the LG's front panel. The LG may have an auto feature , I don't know and don't care.


I need to get more into analyzing the Sony once I get my HDMI switch, so I don't have to keep switching cables around while I'm testing it out.


I don't know why I keep trying to stray from Sony products. For the money you can't beat their quality. All my components are Sony. My other TV is a 65 Sony HD rear projector and it's great. I would have went for the Sony Plasma too, but I liked what I read in the Consumer Reports review so I went with the 50 inch Panny PX HD model.


After only a day or two use the Sony vs the LG IMO . . . it's night and day. The LG is JUNK!


I might look at the Oppa as many seem to like it in this forum, but for now I can highly recommend the Sony if one is looking for a reasonably priced upscaling HDMI DVD player.