I've always liked when players offered this, because so many time, I've had people around that hated to hear movies at 3 o'clock in the morning. When you're up that late reviewing titles, it really helps to have this and a great pair of headphones. The back of the player is nice and clean and has a gold colored finish, maybe just to remind you that you dropped a pretty penny to have this thing in your home. All in all, it's a fine looking player. The remote is big.
Every button is on here, and they are well placed and nicely shaped.
The buttons also glow in the dark, which is nice. It's perfectly built for your thumb, so you can quickly, er, navigate around the DVD backwards and forwards. If you're a scan freak, then you'll get loads of use out of this. It's not as hand friendly as, say, the Toshiba, but I'd also use this remote to replace all the other remotes in my theater, whereas, I wouldn't use a Toshiba's to do such a thing. The picture quality of the Sony 7700 is dead on.