Sony DVP S9000 ES vs. Sony DVP NS900V

laurensw: Thank you for your comments. Your observations on the 900v as a better transport than the 9000ES is exactly what I am looking for, although a little surprising. I would expect the 9000ES to be better due to overall build quality.

Since my outboard processor cannot do SACD, how do they compare on SACD material? Does the 900v have newer converters that improve sound? Again, I would expect the 9000ES to have a better analog section, but that may not be the case.

Tbadder, all DVD players that use a Genesis chipset display a blurring on certain material that is described as the red chroma problem. Some are better than others. If you have a high resolution TV or projector, you can see this occasionally, but many people have never noticed it. Try going to the "Secrets of Home Theater" website for mucho details, you can begin here: http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_7_3/dvd-benchmark-introduction-9-2000.html
Laurens, that is the best feedback yet regarding the 900V, thanks. Being big on quality two channel playback using internal DAC's the 9000ES gives sound that compares to CD players above $2000, so although the 900v has many features I relly want, I hope to find out that Sony plans to update the 9000ES, but who knows?

Glad to be of help.
Just a small addition: I feel the sound of the 9000ES is comparable to a good $600 CD player. Maybe also comparable to a very bad $2000 player, but that's not the point.
A good $400 player would be an AH Tjoeb 99 for example, a good $2000 player would be the new Sony X777ES mc SACD player. The 9000ES is definitely worse than the X777ES for redbook audio.

Thanks very much BMPNYC!

My pleasure, Tb.