Just wondering, I am kinda shopping around and looking at these and I had a few questions for those that have them.

#1 Can the player play A B sides ?

#2 How picky are the players ? I have some DVD that while not damaged don't like playing on my 2 dvd players but will play just fine in both my laptops.

#3 How hard is/was it to set up the system to use DVDProfiler and slot programing ?

Thanks

-Robert

Quoting RobAGD:

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Just wondering, I am kinda shopping around and looking at these and I had a few questions for those that have them.

#1 Can the player play A B sides ?

#2 How picky are the players ? I have some DVD that while not damaged don't like playing on my 2 dvd players but will play just fine in both my laptops.

#3 How hard is/was it to set up the system to use DVDProfiler and slot programing ?

Thanks

-Robert

I have both units, and yes they can be a bit picky. Try cleaning the disc really well or burn a clone and try that. You could also try a quality laser cleaning disc.

If you want to use DVDP tp play discs, LoadDVD can do it very easily. You put cx995v1 or cx960v1 into the Location field, and the disc slot number in the slot field. Using USBUIRT device, you can control them with IR commands. The built-in command sequences work for most people. I have recently added the ability for you to customize the IR commands to your own environment. See the LoadDVD thread.

For the CX777ES, there is built-in support for rs-232 control, or you can also use IR commands - I think it is the same as cx985 - but check the LoadDVD thread to make sure.

Aloha, I am in Hawaii. See you next year! We can continue conversation in LoadDVD thread.

daisy chainable between what?  the players or the receivers-  /  to  the TV set..???

far as I can see it would be option 2  all 3 to the TV .. If you only have two HDMI inputs use the third player  as a component input ..( rca audio jacks)  Or you may have optical inputs .. this will carry picture and sound ..

You can't hook between the decks as the DVD decks do not have inputs as well as outputs .. They are not recordable and with macro encoded discs the input values would be detectable as not as clear..

Or you may have a audio/video receiver this could be inputs and outputs with One HDMI back to the TV..

Most high end video audio decks have HDMI/optical/componant/ svhs / as well RCA video/audio JACKS ...

Now for software solutions: There are a number of programs out there that can send infrared signals from a computer, smartphones, Droid and iPhone/iPad.

I am the author of some of that software, so I will describe my own. You can Google for others.

LoadDVD and
LoadDVD Pro - can control up to three Sony CX995V machines.
The unique codes for "1", "2" and "3" are built in. So you can click on a nenu / icon in DVD Profiler and the correct disc can be loaded. LoadDVD can also be programmed to control other devices, so for example, your TV or a/v receiver or Oppo switch can be switched automatically to show the correct changer, depending on the Slot, Collection number or anything else that can be scripted.

a/v DashBoard - you can make your own virtual renote controls that run on a PC, and you can easily create powerful scripts that can be run inside a/v DashBoard or inside LoadDVD and LoadDVD Pro. I use this system to control all my a/v equipment, turn lights on/off, control my projection screen and projector.

One point about the Sony BDP-CX960: Unfortunately, it is NOT POSSIBLE to set the disc# remotely on the this device. I hope that someday Sony will fix this. So, my software, the Sony Remote, and all other similar products are relegated to sliding the crossbar up and down instead of being able to select a specific disc. Of course the higher end model has IR, IP and RS232 control, and should be compatible with my software (I will test someday when I can afford to buy one).

Quoting RobAGD:

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That is kind of a bummer about the 3 unit limits as by the time I get this all together I will be over 1200 disks.

You are welcome. By the way, there is not really a limit if you can either:

- Use some other model to store discs (I support several models of Sony, but LoadDVD can now be programmed to handle any brand)
- Rip some media to hard drives (LoadDVD will handle that too)
- Physically arrange your machines so as to allow reuse of codes. The USBUIRT has two outputs that usually run in parallel, but they can be split and driven separately for the two different changer locations. My programs don't handle that yet - nobody has requested it. 

Actually the changers can even be close together if you use the "mouse emitters" = little IR buds that stick onto the front of equipment IR window.

Just got the 995 in, loaded upa few test dvd's

Just wondering if it is normal for there to be a bit of clicking/thunking like noise from the unit as it loading disks ?

-R

Welp got #2....

There was some very suspect bidding on that one :/

-R