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Date: 2007-06-21 This Does NOTHING more than HDMI PASSTHROUGH I didn't buy this through Amazon, I got it directly through Vanns. How are all these people happy with this thing? I bought it because it had HDMI, and figured it would take all the IN components and put OUT through HDMI no problem to my plasma. WRONG. All it does is passthrough. I even ran component from the receiver to the TV and it won't upconvert to THAT either. WTF? Go buy a Yamaha. They do what they're supposed to, unlike this piece of poorly designed garbage. Date: 2007-05-23 A novice's home theater system After having done my research of what I wanted, I then read all of the reviews for this unit. Admittedly, and being somewhat of a novice when it comes to electonics, I took to heart what others had said about wiring needs, the confusion with the instruction booklet, issues with set-up, etc. My components are as simple as it can get: (1)JVC TV (not HDTV), (1)Sony DVD player (digital), and (1)JVC VCR (standard). How complicated can it be? Well, after reading the booklet, I did indeed find it confusing as it really didn't give explicit directions to setting anything up. It more or less gives general guidelines since many different devices can be connected to the receiver. But I did appreciate the pictures of types of connections that could be made for different type of devices. So through trial and error I got the hook-up correct. And by the way, I had to spend an additional $50 in wires and supplies. I needed a digital coax cable for sound (for the DVD player), a digital video cable (for the DVD player), an RCA cable (for the VCR), a special cable with an S-Video connector on one end and an RCA plug on the other to connect from my TV to the receiver, and speaker wire (16-18 gauge). I also needed to buy the supplies to make two wall shelves to place the surround speakers onto the walls of our room. The microphone that comes with the unit to set up the speakers is very cool. I cannot imagine trying to callibrate each speaker to sound as it should. But I had to manually change each speakers volume as they were preset at 0db. I agree with one of the reviewers that the speakers, though small (which I like)don't put out the sound as I would desire even with the adjustments that I made. Loud ought to be LOUD especially when watching movies. But the max setting on the receiver is 65, and it ain't loud. WIth regard to the remote control, I don't like it. It is not user friendly. It is quite a frustration trying to navigate within the various menues. Furthermore, the one that I received was deffective. I was unable to program the codes for the other machines into it. And the video/tv button didn't work. I have since received from Sony's customer service another remote control for free. Overall, I like the unit as it meets the desires of having surround sound in the small room I have our TV in. If the room was bigger this unit would not be sufficient. The price I paid was superb. With shipping I spent under $300, although I needed to spend another $50 for wires. But still not bad! I wish there was better volume especially when watching sci-fi and action movies. I think for a novice like me this is a good first system so as to get familiarized with how these things work as well as learn what is liked verses not. Then in the future purchase a better system. Date: 2007-05-15 Don't pass up on this system!! I think the complaints about the "pass-thru" HDMI are completely out of context. Sure, it doesn't carry audio or upconvert analog signals over HDMI, but come on people - what else in this price range does? I've got this system connected to a Panasonic TH-42PH9UK plasma display a Dishnet VIP622 receiver and a new Philips DVP5982 upconverting DVD player. This HT setup gives us ALL the features we wanted, performs wonderfully doing it and didn't force us into the poorhouse. PROS: inexpensive, sounds great, powerful active subwoofer, black color, easy install, lots of inputs (including 2 HDMI!), lets you use your own DVD player, small footprint speakers, AM/FM radio, auto-calibration, decodes Dolby-Digital/DTS/PL2, headphone output, doesn't use proprietary speaker wire connectors. CONS: no speaker stands included, cheap speaker wire, manual could explain things a little better. BTW, this system came from Vanns and I got EXCELLENT service. In fact, a few days after receiving it, I found it advertised on their website for a bit less than what I paid. After speaking to one of their customer service reps, they arranged to pricematch themselves and refund me the difference! Very cool! All in all, I'm VERY pleased with this purchase. It's almost identical to it's replacement, the HT-7000DH, but costs MUCH less $$$ and doesn't lock you into a DVD player you may not want. Don't pass up on this deal! Date: 2007-05-14 Awesome sound, Excellent quality, Movie Theatre in my LR This system has wonderful crisp clear sound and never any static, even at a higher volume. It gives me chills at times, especially when watching a scary or dramatic movie, when I hear something coming up behind me (from rear speakers). Here is an example of how good the sound is: We live out in the country, with neighbors, but not close at all. One day, my son was playing Halo2 on the X-box and had the front door open (dont ask me why, he is a doofus sometimes)and was shooting up the bad guys with gun shots and grenades. Our neighbor came by and peeked slowly around the door and was very relieved to not find any dead bodies. He said he thought someone was getting shot over here and came to see if everyone was ok. Then he proceeded to drool over our new TV and theatre system. He was relieved that no one was hurt and now my son remembers to close the door and not air condition the entire 5 acres. We have this hooked up to our new 40 inch Samsung LCD HDTV (awesome) as well as the Wii, a VCR/DVD combo, and the already-mentioned X-box. Each component gets awesome quality sound from this system. I highly recommend. Date: 2007-05-13 Sony Sounds good! Extrememly satisfied with this home theater system. Had to look up a few things on line but all in all very easy to set up and very easy on the ears! Bass is perfect. Surround is perfect. Has many different settings and all of them are really cool. (you have to go in and turn up the volume on the small speakers, they are set to 0 as default) Replaced wimpy speaker wire with 22 guage. Would recommend this system to all. * Price is subject to change. |
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