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At a Glance
Cinema Sound
It's not just about great pictures, is it? Sound is half the story and with this home theatre system you get sound to make movies come alive. Multiple speakers including two tallboy side speakers, a powerful subwoofer, an array of Dolby audio features. Every squeal of tyres, shotgun blast and alien shriek will have you jumping in your seat.
Join the Cast in 3D
Go on, try it. Put on a favourite movie. See how the action jumps right out of the screen then pulls you in so you feel like one of the cast. This Blu-ray system opens up an exciting new experience for you, playing brilliantly detailed 3D Blu-ray films.
Discover High Definition
There's nothing like Blu-ray for clarity and realism. See every blade of grass in perfect definition, all the detail in dark scenes and colours as vivid as those in the real world. Five times sharper than DVD. You need to be involved.
Upscale Your DVDs
Time to give those old DVD movies a new lease of life. Slot them in your Blu-ray system and enjoy them in near HD quality.
Forget Cables
Just connect a USB Wireless LAN adaptor to this Wi-Fi ready system and you're ready to take advantage of worlds of online entertainment. Access on demand services, share photos and music, stream content from your PC. Not a wire in sight.
Entertainment Unlimited
Go to Sony Entertainment Network and find all the films, songs, TV shows and apps you need. Be entertained on your terms. You choose the content, you choose the time, you take control.
Connect and Play
Simply connect your digital camera, flash drive or hard disc to one of two USB ports and play slideshows, movies and music through your Blu-ray system and TV. So easy.
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Cinema Sound
On the edge of your seat
Don't you just love being so scared you get goosebumps all over your arms? Or so thrilled by a car chase, your legs can't stop twitching? Being so breathtaken by an on screen romance, you find yourself reaching for the tissues? This is why we watch movies and sound is a huge part of the experience. There's just nothing like being perched on the edge of your seat, waiting for the crack of a twig in the woods behind you.
Unbelievable power with tallboys
When you watch movies, you want power. It's the only way to appreciate the intense realism of a 3D High Definition film. So let's talk 1000 watts, five atmospheric surround sound speakers including two slim but mighty tallboy side speakers and a bass subwoofer for those thumping rotor blades and laser cannons. Go on, slip in a disc. You'll be hovering in your seat waiting for the next bang, crash, crunch.
Precise Sound
Choose from one of five pre programmed sound modes including 'Movies', 'Sport' and 'Live'. Get the best possible audio for that car chase through Manhattan, that football match in the Nou Camp, and that Foo Fighters concert at Wembley Stadium. You also get a purer sound from your MP3s and music you've streamed to your system with a built-in audio enhancer.
So cinematic
Be ready for the complete cinema experience everytime you put on a film. This system gives you a full array of essential Dolby technologies including Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio and DTS-HD Master Audio. That's a lot of techno but what does it mean? Sound as the director intended, intense realism and totally absorbing surround sound. It's great for gaming too.
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Join the Cast in 3D
Action stations
It's Friday night, you've had a hard week and now you just want to be taken away somewhere and thrilled. So you dim the lights, put on your 3D glasses and load up one of your all-time favourite movies. A car shoots by on your left. You jump to the right. Someone steps out towards you and throws out an arm. You duck. Trees seem to be swaying right before your eyes and that police helicopter just seems to keep on coming. OK, so you get the picture. When you watch 3D high definition, you're no longer a spectator, you're part of the movie, one of the cast. It's an unforgettable experience.
Pair this system with a Sony 3DTV like the 'HX753' for a Full High Definition 3D experience you won't forget anytime soon...
Discover High Definition
Extraordinary detail
You've been loyal to your DVD collection and that's commendable but in your heart you know now is the time to move to Blu-ray. Your mates have told you how good it is. Five times the picture quality, ten times the sound quality. You've seen it in action at your local pub and you've been impressed by the clarity, the realism, the sharply defined details. Dark scenes no longer lost in shadow. Colours as vivid as those in the real world. It's time your favourite movies got the Blu-ray treatment, right?
Upscale Your DVDs
New lease of life for old favourites
What about all those DVDs in the cupboard, you ask? Slot them in your Blu-ray system and you can enjoy them in near HD quality. Not only does your Blu-ray play them perfectly, it also makes them sharper with more detailed and colour. The golden oldies will come to life with a level of realism that simply wasn't there before.
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Forget Cables
The new way is wireless
There was a time when the back of a telly looked like a snake pit with wires trailing here, there and everywhere. Things are changing. This player is Wi-Fi Ready so you can connect a USB Wireless LAN adaptor, forget about cables and link up with your home network over the airwaves. It makes so much sense.
Entertainment Unlimited
Movies, music and more
Heard about Sony Entertainment Network? It's a place you can go to find all the films, songs, TV shows and apps you need. Stuck for something to do on a Friday evening? Choose from all the top HD movies and stream them straight to your Blu-ray player. Music collection need an injection of fresh blood? There's over 15 million songs to choose from on Music Unlimited. How about some apps for games, sport, news and weather? All there at your fingertips.
So much fun online
Access on demand services and catch-up TV including BBC iPlayer and Demand 5 from Sony Entertainment Network. Go on YouTube and watch your first attempts on a surfboard last summer. Watch the latest blockbuster films from Video Unlimited on pay per view and connect with friends and family on Facebook. There's also Netflix and Lovefilm for unlimited films and TV shows via their subscription services. There's even a BBC Sports app for simultaneous sporting events like Wimbledon, so you can watch the action on every court. All without a wire between you and the world wide web and controllable from just one remote and one Sony Entertainment Network portal. How simple is that.
Share around your home
Install Home Stream on your computer and you can stream your downloaded films and music to your TV. Search for 'Sony Homestream' in Google to get started.
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Connect and Play
It's as easy as USB
You've got to admit, USB drives are handy. So small yet they store so much. Slot one into your Blu-ray system and you can play photo slideshows of your deep sea fishing adventure, video of your brother's wedding and rock anthems you've downloaded. It's also another easy way to get stuff off your PC and onto your TV, if wireless streaming is all a bit too complicated for you. This system include USB port so you can be entertained from a USB drive while staying connected to the Internet.
Control with your iPhone
Includes a handy dock for your iPod or iPhone so you can playback music, video and photos on your TV. Is there anything your iPhone can't do these days?
Linking up with your TV
It's so quick and easy with an HDMI cable and even better, this gives you the best possible picture and sound quality. One cable HDMI connection minimises trailing wires in your home and allows you to take advantage of convenient features such as BRAVIA Sync for operating your TV and Blu-ray player from just one single remote.Saves Space
All in one
It gets busy down there under your telly, especially if you insist on having a separate Blu-ray player and home cinema amp. Better to get it all in one and saves some precious space. You'll find it also matches up with new BRAVIA televisions perfectly.
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Customer Reviews
Assembling: The system is easy to assemble, including the stands, was up and running in less than half an hour.
Cables: Since none of the Home cinema come with HDMI/Optical cables, I had to get the cables separately from Amazon. Go for the optical cable in addition to an HDMI Gold cable, since after getting a home cinema, there is no point compromising on the output and optical is definitely better than the HDMI ARC, although the latter can do the job.
Ports: One of my earlier worries was this model has only one HDMI OUT port and ZERO HDMI IN ports (unlike the previous version of Sony which had 2 HDMI IN ports and one HDMI OUT). But don't worry, the way it worked for me was - I used the HDMI OUT from the Home cinema to HDMI 1 of my TV which had ARC (Audio Return Channel) (Note - decent fast HDMI cable required). Then the XBOX and SKY+ HD went into the TV's HDMI 2 and HDMI 3 respectively. And occasionally the laptop into TV's HDMI 4. The ARC and the Optical cable connection between the TV and the Home cinema will allow the sound to come through the Home cinema no matter what plays on TV (Channels, games, movies through XBOX, etc)
Speakers: The speakers' output is 800w and the sub-woofer - 200w making a total of 1000w. But you cant tell the difference. The clarity of the rear speakers is not that good and you need to listen hard to ensure they're playing. But may be I need to fiddle with some more settings. Although there isn't much to fiddle with!
Performance: Blu-ray plays awesome. So does DVD since it upscales the picture and sound to 1080p and you can tell the difference straight away. Sound from the TV channels is not very exciting, its just more loud. FIFA on Xbox is again awesome, takes you in the middle of the stadium.
iPod doc: Works fine with iTunes library but still haven't figured a way to play videos.
Negative: However, the main issue I found with this system is the lack of active subwoofer and amplifier. I didnt think this would be an issue and I knew what I was getting into. But trust me, unlike other home cinemas - you are not scared to go for the maximum volume and when you reach it - you think - thats it? I'm not saying its not loud but sometimes its not loud enough. Depends on the quality of tracks you're playing but seriously I would expect the roof to blow off on full volume but its far from there.
Positive: Tall speakers' output and Looks. It just looks perfect with the setting and the tall speakers in the front give a cinematic experience in looks and sound when watching movies like Dark Knight, Inception, etc.
Overall: 3.5 out of 5 but since its my first home cinema, I love it and being in an apartment, the volume is just right for me hence it gets 4 stars. Nothing wrong with the system and unless you are building your own by buying an amp separately, speakers separately, more into research than looks... I think this is a great buy.
Spend some time in positioning the speakers correctly, and have decent cables.
I was starving for reviews when I bought it so I hope this helps to others.
Putting this all together was pretty straight forward and you can do it alone in under 30 minutes. Tho getting the position of the speakers takes a little bit more time with a good film to get the feel of it.
Makes my old TV feel and look new again!
I replaced a Samsung system I had and although that wasn't a blue ray it was... Read more
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