Sony STRDG720 7.1 Audio Video Receiver - Black
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Sony STRDG720 7.1 Audio Video Receiver - Black Accessories
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Sony STRDG720 7.1 Audio Video Receiver - Black Reviews
But for my needs and the money I had to spend, I'm very happy. I've had this receiver as part of my home theater for 6 months and it's worked flawlessly; excellent picture and sound. I went to a site called [.]. Although I gather that there are switching devices you can buy and that some higher end receivers will do switching.
I was interested in getting a receiver where the HDMI inputs/outputs would handle both sound and picture, since I'd read that on some receivers the HDMI doesn't handle sound. There are also many, many listening settings and adjustments you can make and options you can choose, but I've so far mostly gone with the defaults. It comes with a microphone gizmo where you can have the system calibrate/balance your speakers for you, but I haven't found that necessary. where you can enter your components and it will tell you the most effective way to hook them up.
If you're considering buying this, I recommend downloading the user manual from Sony and glancing through it if you have specific questions. Anyway, with this receiver you can run your system as 2 channel, front plus center, 5 channel, or 7. The one thing I don't like about this receiver is that apparently you have to do either HDMI or component connections and you can't switch - i.e., you can't use the optical output for other components not connected through HDMI if you're using HDMI connections. My TV is a Samsung 52" LN52A550, and I have a Motorola DCT6412 cable box and PS3 connected, everything with HDMI.
I'm not a HT expert by any means but I did a lot of research before buying my components. I bought some back speakers but have never hooked them up, mainly because I'm very happy with the sound as is, plus I'd have to run wires all around my living room. It saved me a LOT of time, since there are so many options and possible combinations. I have Polk Audio Monitor 60s, a Polk Audio CS1 center speaker, and a Polk Audio PSW10 subwoofer, which I mostly only power on when I watch movies.
You wont get full HDMI (video AND audio) routing, and 7.1, anywhere else near this price range.
It sounds great paired up with some quality speakers.
Plenty of features here.
If you have: a 42" 1080P tv, a decent speaker set up, an xbox/blu ray player or ps3.just save your money and dont look back.
They are either pros or they have buyers remorse that they payed more.
I have had both Onkyo and Yahmaha receivers in the past, and I can say that unless you are a TRUE audiophile, you will be very happy with this receiver.
Dont listen to people nay saying the audio quality.
You will be happy.
Perhaps a case of "you get what you pay for". We have since returned the item. Sound quality was poor, as was the FM signal for all but 1 of our local radio stations, even with a power FM antenna. It wasn't till we had the receiver all hooked up that we realized you can't play speakers A and B simultaneously, defeating our purpose of music in 2 adjoining rooms. Maybe this is more suited to a home theater set-up, rather than strictly music.
I would recommend to anyone who is looking for a 7.1 unit. The prices were out of my reach. All I have to say is excellent unit for the price. Fortunately this unit was well in my reach and it being a SONY unit is a extra plus. Been looking for a long time for a 7.1 receiver.
you'd be hard pressed to find something of similiar quality. No birds nest behind my TV anymore. It sounds great. If you are not looking to spend a bundle on a receiver, I highly recommend looking into this one. It's easy to set up using all HDMI cables, [.]. I hooked up my PS3 and my cable box(DVI to HDMI) to the receiver and the third HDMI cable to the TV.
Other than the speaker wires, there are only 3 other cables stickin out of the back of this thing. This receiver was so easy to set up using just 3 HDMI cables. I bought this as an open-box [.]. It didn't come with the auto-calibration mic, but not a big deal.
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