I was so disappointed that I quit playing with it after about three days and took it back. I then got the proscan. This player slam dunked the sony and I couldn't quit messin with it. The GUI is wonderful, complete with a glossary and more options than some people know what to do with. I really have no complaints other than it takes a couple seconds to get to the next song on a CD, but I have a CD player that also plays CDR's.
Gold plating is nice to have too.
I had this one at the same time as the RCA and took it back after 2 days. Optical out, excellent sound, Audio cd's sound great as well. Very good quality. A steal for the money. A little noisy on playback but quite tolerable.