Sony VGP-XL1B2 Media Changer (also: VGP-XL1B) | List Price: $399.99
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Brand: Sony
Binding: Personal Computers
Features: - Store, organize and protect your CD/DVD library with the sleek XL1B media change
- Capacity for 200 CD/DVD discs
- DVD-R Double Layer/DVD±RW drive
- i.LINK interface
- Computer not included
A little disappointing. [Posted on 2007-01-26]
I have a very large media library and I puchased this product to download all of my music. If the changer is filled (200 discs)some of them will not be downloaded. This happened all 5 times I have filled the changer. It is also not a very quick process. Had I known about the speed of the downloading I might not have opted to buy it. The one benefit is that it can download music while you are at work or asleep. It will probably work well for keeping media that some might wish to store and have easy access (movies or a small music collection). This product is not itunes friendly either. All media must be converted from wma files to apple media files.
Needs a little help [Posted on 2007-03-08]
We purchased this product so that we would have a way to organize or DVD's and also be able to use Media Center to play them in. The product has allowed us to do both, but there have been a few glitches that we are hoping there might be a software update that will fix some of the issues in the future.
When we first tried to load the disks in we were only able to load about ¼ to load, the rest came up with errors. After several days we were able to load the remainder in. We have on occasion received errors that the device cannot read the DVD and we have to eject the DVD and reload.
Good Value for the Money [Posted on 2007-03-11]
I purchased a unit in December for twice the price that is listed now. Yes it took some time to load 200 dvds but the operation was flawless. I also own a Sony Cx985v which holds 400 DVDs. Although the unit performs fine the disc filing feature was a nightmare. I had to type titles in and it was slooow.
Now my wife can search for a movie and play it without a problem. I am also in the process adding a xbox 360 to extend the video and audio to other rooms. I plan to order another unit and daisy chain them together. I agree with a previous reveiwer. Media Servers are thousands of dollars. My entire investment is under $ 1500 excluding the dvds.
Even if you decide to purchase a monster hard drive(a higher cost) you still have work around the copy protection on the DVD.
Works great with Vista [Posted on 2007-03-18]
I am using 2 of these units with Vista Ultimate, and I have not had any problems. I didn't even bother to install the Sony software that came with it. It was just plug and play. Vista recognized it as soon as I powered it up.
I have not tried this unit with WinXP MCE.
The printing on the Sony box it's shipped in says "VGP-XL1B" but the sticker with the model and serial number on it say "VGP-XL1B2"
Sony VGP-XL1B2 Media Changer [Posted on 2007-06-08]
Simply brilliant!
Easy setup, effortless operation and simply no hassles. I am thinking of getting a second one - especially since they can be daisy-chained.
My only objections are a) the poor availability of movie content over the Internet from counties outside the US and b) that it will be rendered obsolete by HD-DVD or BlueRay - but then, so will everything else available now; and probably not within the next five years anyway.
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