The DVD-S7700 IS GREAT FOR MOVIES OKAY FOR 2 CHANNEL LISTENING. DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE 850. DO YOU REALLY NEED 100 DVD CHANGER?. All thoes moving parts. Something has to be taken back for all the added cost;the sound quality. Anyway that is my opinion. At least you have one more vote in DVP-S7700 favor.
Sony DVD madness.
So when I go to buy a DVP-S7700 my dealer tells me to save my money and buy the CX850 instead. He claims that the 850 came out later and has newer (and better - although he knows that they aren't synonymous) video reproduction technology. Thing is, I don't especially want a 200 disk changer. So I went back to the research drawing board and noticed that there are two single disk Sony solutions (S560 and the shiney S570) as well as 2 five disk options (C660 and C670). Now from what I understand at least some of these came out after the 850, and hence might have some of the newer filters and video DACs. What I want to know is how these six (7700, 850, 670, 660, 570, 560) compare in video reproduction (I'm not too concerned with audio reproduction as I don't tend to critically listen when I'm watching movies - I save it for the music). I'm mostly interested in hearing from people who have auditioned at least two of these as it's a comparison that I'm looking for. TIA.